Definition of "device"
- noun
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
(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.
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
A spectacle or show.
Opinion; decision.
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