amerikai:
brit:
1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.
2. A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
3. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
4. An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
5. A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
6. 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.
7. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
8. An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
9. An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
10. A spectacle or show.
11. Opinion; decision.