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81device — [13] A device is something which has been devised – which, etymologically speaking, amounts to ‘something which has been divided’. For ultimately devise and divide come from the same source. The noun device comes in the first instance from Old… …
82device — noun 1) a device for measuring pressure Syn: implement, gadget, utensil, tool, appliance, apparatus, instrument, machine, mechanism, contrivance, contraption; informal gizmo, widget, doohickey 2) an ingenious legal device …
83device manager — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms device manager : singular device manager plural device managers computing a piece of software that allows you to control the use of a printer, screen, or other piece of equipment …
84device — [13] A device is something which has been devised – which, etymologically speaking, amounts to ‘something which has been divided’. For ultimately devise and divide come from the same source. The noun device comes in the first instance from Old… …
85device driver — noun (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device • Syn: ↑driver • Derivationally related forms: ↑drive (for: ↑driver) • Topics: ↑ …
86device driver — interface for a peripheral device, program which allows an operating system to communicate with a hardware device …
87device — any object which is the subject of a taboo Literally, a mechanical contrivance. It is used specifically of armaments where, for a while, nuclear device was thought to sound more acceptable than atom bomb, and of contraception: The… …
88device — noun 1) a device for measuring pressure Syn: implement, gadget, utensil, tool, appliance, apparatus, instrument, machine, mechanism, contrivance, contraption; informal gizmo 2) an ingenious legal device Syn …
89device*/*/ — [dɪˈvaɪs] noun [C] 1) a machine or piece of equipment that does a particular job a listening device[/ex] a device for measuring humidity in the air[/ex] 2) a bomb • leave sb to their own devices to leave someone alone to do whatever they… …
90device — /dəˈvaɪs / (say duh vuys) noun 1. an invention or contrivance. 2. a plan or scheme for effecting a purpose. 3. a crafty scheme; a trick. 4. an artistic figure or design used as a heraldic bearing (often accompanied by a motto), or as an emblem,… …
