device
gimmick
twist | any clever maneuver, he would stoop to any device to win a point, it was a great sales gimmick, a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
| acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
alarm
warning device
alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
cleaning implement
cleaning device
cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
detonator
detonating device
cap | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive, can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive |
| device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose, the device is small enough to wear on your wrist, a device intended to conserve water |
| device | an emblematic design (especially in heraldry), he was recognized by the device on his shield |
| device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) |
| elastic device | any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched |
| electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| electromechanical device | a mechanical device that is operated by electricity |
| electronic device | a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically |
| exercise device | a device designed to provide exercise for the user |
| explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
guard
safety
safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents |
guidance system
guidance device | a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile) |
| holding device | a device for holding something |
| homing device | the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective |
improvised explosive device
I.E.D.
IED | an explosive device that is improvised |
intrauterine device
IUD | contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus |
life preserver
preserver
flotation device | rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning |
| lifting device | a device for lifting heavy loads |
measuring instrument
measuring system
measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
| mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
memory device
storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval |
| monitor monitoring device | display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor |
| optical device | a device for producing or controlling light |
| output device | electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds, or other media |
peripheral
computer peripheral
peripheral device | (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer, disk drives and printers are important peripherals |
prosthesis
prosthetic device | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body |
semiconductor device
semiconductor unit
semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material |
| signaling device | a device used to send signals |
| characteristic device characteristic | any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions |
| devices | an inclination or desire, used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices', eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force, the children were left to their own devices |
driver
device driver | (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device |
| device | something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect |
| rhetorical device | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
| attach | be attached, be in contact with |
| attach | become attached, The spider's thread attached to the window sill |
| attach | cause to be attached |
impound
attach
sequester
confiscate seize | take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority, The FBI seized the drugs, The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment, The police confiscated the stolen artwork |
| bind tie attach bond d | create social or emotional ties, The grandparents want to bond with the child |
inhere in
attach to | be part of, This problem inheres in the design |
attach to accompany
come with
go with | be present or associated with an event or entity, French fries come with the hamburger, heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue, fish usually goes with white wine, this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries |