device

1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

   Near-synonyms: equipment, tool, machine

   1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic Every cycle shall be equipped with: … (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell …

   Gerät, Apparat, Einheit

   устро́йствоustrójstvo, приспособле́ниеprisposoblénije, дева́йсdevájs

   пристрі́йprystríj, апара́тaparát

   an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

2. A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

3. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."

   Instrument, Kunstgriff, Vorrichtung

   планplan, прое́ктprojékt, схе́маsxéma

4. (Ireland)An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb

5. (rhetoric)A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

6. 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 as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

   (rhetoric)A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

   Motto, Emblem, Devise

   деви́зdevíz, эмбле́маembléma

7. An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

   Emblem, Marke

   эмбле́маembléma, ма́ркаmárka

8. An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

9. Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.

10. (archaic)Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

11. (obsolete)A spectacle or show.

12. (obsolete)Opinion; decision.

1. He likes to take electric devices apart.

   Йому подобається розбирати елекроприбори.

   ruЕму нравится разбирать электроприборы.

   deEr nimmt gerne elektrische Geräte auseinander.

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2. Tom demonstrated how the device worked.

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3. A computer is a modern device.

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4. What does this device do?

   ruЧто делает это устройство?

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5. Tom turned off the device.

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