Device - English Dictionary

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Device - English Dictionary

1. 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.
2. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
3. 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.
4. Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
5. Anything fancifully conceived.
6. A spectacle or show.
7. Opinion; decision.
8. device peripheral Device Control One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment e.g. a paper tape reader via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another. [Other examples of equipment?]
9. any clever deceptive maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"

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