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device
English
Etymology
From Old French devis, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere (“to divide”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??va?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Noun
device (plural devices)
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- 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 [...]
- 1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
- (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.
- He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- 1827 Hallam, Henry, The English Constitution, Harper
- Their recent device of demanding benevolences.
- (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- 1979 Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device":
- Inflammable material is planted in my head / It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead
- 2014 September 3, Cliodhna Russell, The Journal "A viable device was found in Cavan today, it has now been made safe"
- THE ARMY BOMB Disposal Team rendered safe a viable device in Cavan this afternoon.
- 2014 August 3, Louise Kelly & Conor Feehan "Suspect device found at shopping centre revealed as hoax" Irish Independent
- The army bomb squad carried out two controlled explosions on the device. It was later found that the suspect device was a hoax and not a viable explosive.
- 1979 Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device":
- (rhetoric) 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.
- 1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
- The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.
- 1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
- (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
- 1824. Landor, Walter Savage "King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, page 44
- Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device, weighty, and exceeding costly
- 1976. The Eagles, "Hotel California"
- And she said,
- "We are all prisoners here,
- Of our own device"
- 1824. Landor, Walter Savage "King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, page 44
- (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:
- Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked "Paid" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. [...] To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.
- 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:
- (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
- (obsolete) Opinion; decision.
Synonyms
- (piece of equipment): apparatus, appliance, equipment, gadget, design, contrivance
- (project or scheme): scheme, project, stratagem, artifice
- (obsolete, power of devising): invention, contrivance
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Slovene
Noun
device
- genitive singular of devica
- nominative plural of devica
- accusative plural of devica
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hallmark
English
Etymology
1721. hall +? mark, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the site of the assay office, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles. The general sense of "mark of quality" first recorded 1864. Use as a verb from 1773.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?lm??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??lm??k/
Noun
hallmark (plural hallmarks)
- A distinguishing characteristic.
- An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
- 2007, John Zerzan John, Silence.
- It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.
- 2007, John Zerzan John, Silence.
Translations
Verb
hallmark (third-person singular simple present hallmarks, present participle hallmarking, simple past and past participle hallmarked)
- To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
Translations
See also
- benchmark
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