| specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
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 |
| specific | a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease, quinine is a specific for malaria |
| characteristic device characteristic | any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions |
| specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
particular
specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general), he always reasons from the particular to the general |
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) |
| specific heat | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
prostate specific antigen
PSA | a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland, PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely, elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer |
| specific | stated explicitly or in detail, needed a specific amount |
| specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique, rules with specific application, demands specific to the job, a specific and detailed account of the accident |
| specific | being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition, used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides, quinine is highly specific for malaria, a specific remedy, a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements |