DEVICE
\dɪvˈa͡ɪs], \dɪvˈaɪs], \d_ɪ_v_ˈaɪ_s]\
Definitions of DEVICE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an emblematic design (especially in heraldry); "he was recognized by the device on his shield"
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any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
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an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
By Princeton University
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an emblematic design (especially in heraldry); "he was recognized by the device on his shield"
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any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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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.
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Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
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Anything fancifully conceived.
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A spectacle or show.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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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.
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Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
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Anything fancifully conceived.
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A spectacle or show.
By Noah Webster.
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Expendable and nonexpendable equipment, supplies, apparatus, and instruments that are used in diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic, scientific, and experimental procedures.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which is devised or designed: contrivance: power of devising: genius: (her.) the emblem borne upon a shield.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Latin] That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an expedient: an invention; a stratagem:—an emblem or ensign formerly borne on shields or embroidered upon banners as a cognizance; a motto;—power of devising; invention; genius.
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