Device vs. Equipment
Devicenoun
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
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(computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
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A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
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(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
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(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.
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(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
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(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
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(obsolete) A spectacle or show.
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(obsolete) Opinion; decision.
Devicenoun
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
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Anything fancifully conceived.
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A spectacle or show.
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Opinion; decision.
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any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.
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an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;
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something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
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any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
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an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);
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a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment
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a bomb or other explosive weapon
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a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim
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a form of words intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work
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a drawing or design
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an emblematic or heraldic design
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the design or look of something
Equipmentnoun
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Equipmentnoun
Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
Equipmentnoun
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Equipmentnoun
Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
Equipmentnoun
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
