Dismembratornoun
A device that removes the membrane from liquid.
Devicenoun
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
āThere are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.ā;
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(computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
Devicenoun
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
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(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
Devicenoun
(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
Devicenoun
(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
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(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
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(obsolete) A spectacle or show.
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(obsolete) Opinion; decision.
Devicenoun
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
āHis device in against Babylon, to destroy it.ā; āTheir recent device of demanding benevolences.ā; āHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty.ā;
Devicenoun
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
āI must have instruments of my own device.ā;
Devicenoun
An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
āKnights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields.ā; āA banner with this strange device -Excelsior.ā;
Devicenoun
Anything fancifully conceived.
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A spectacle or show.
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Opinion; decision.
Devicenoun
any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.
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an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;
āthe device is small enough to wear on your wristā; āa device intended to conserve waterā;
Devicenoun
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
āhe would stoop to any device to win a pointā;
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any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
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an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);
āhe was recognized by the device on his shieldā;
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a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment
āa measuring deviceā;
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a bomb or other explosive weapon
āan incendiary deviceā;
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a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim
āwriting a letter to a newspaper is a traditional device for signalling dissentā;
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a form of words intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work
āa rhetorical deviceā;
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a drawing or design
āthe decorative device on the invitationsā;
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an emblematic or heraldic design
ātheir shields bear the device of the Blazing Sunā;
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the design or look of something
āworks of strange deviceā;