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Devices

Definition: Devices

Devices

Noun

1. An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase "left to your own devices"; "the children were left to their own devices".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "devices" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)


Synonyms within Context: Devices

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Life

Respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung; medical devices .

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Devices

English words defined with "devices": Accoutrements, antifertility, antipollution, asynchronous, Automatical, avionicsbionic man, bionic woman, board, bubbler, buggedCanada balsam, coin-operated, compatible, Compensator, contraception, contraceptive, contraceptive method, control board, control panel, crystal, cyborgdaisy-chain, data rate, Devicefulelectric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, electronic, electronic jamming, electronics, electrosurgery, enigma canon, enigmatic canon, enigmatical canonfreehand, freehanded, From batterygo off, Grand action, guided missilehero, Hero of Alexandria, Heron, high-resolution, high-tech, hi-techincompatible, inertial guidance, inertial navigation, instrument paneljam, jamming, joysticklaborsaving, laboursaving, low-resolutionmaterials handling, mechanical, Muckwormnatural family planningOut of battery, outletpair of tongs, panel, Part song, patented, penny arcade, polyphonic prose, prophylactic, prosthodontia, prosthodonticsRail joint, regulator, repertoire, repertory, retrofit, riddle canon, rotary engine, Rotary pumpSharking, solid-state, synchronousterrestrial guidance, tongs, trouble shooter, troubleshooter, Trunkworkunenlightened, unpatentedwall plug, wall socket. (references)
Specialty definitions using "devices": active devicesComputer Storage Devices, Computing Devices Canada Ltd., Contraceptive Devices, Female, Contraceptive Devices, MaleDental Devices, Home Care, dumb devicesEar Protective Devices, Eye Protective DevicesHead Protective Devicesimprovised explosive devices, Intrauterine Devices, Copper, Intrauterine Devices, MedicatedMigma devicesNetwork Computing DevicesOrthopedic Fixation Devicespassive devices, Protective DevicesSelf-Help Devices, solid-state devices. (references)
Etymologies containing "devices": Deviceful. (references)

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Modern Usage: Devices

DomainUsage

Screenplays

But our courts continue to rely on medieval devices of torture (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher)

All those wonderful orthopedic devices. (I Spy; writing credit: James B. Allardice)

Three devices of such lethal cunning (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; writing credit: Mario Van Peebles)

Can these devices be removed (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

In weaving his subtle net, he employed all the insidious devices known to his perfidious profession (One Rainy Afternoon; writing credit: Stephen Morehouse Avery; Maurice Hanline)

Clever

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes? (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Devices and Desires (1991)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Devices

DomainTitle

References

  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Analog Devices Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Allied Devices Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Optical Storage Devices and Software in Netherlands: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

  • Innovasive Devices, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Flash Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices (reference)

  • Introduction to Microelectronic Fabrication: Volume 5 of Modular Series on Solid State Devices (2nd Edition) (reference)

  • Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices (reference)

  • Solid State Electronic Devices (5th Edition) (reference)

  • Undoing Yourself With Energized Meditation and Other Devices (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Extended Abstracts Of The Conference On Solid State Devices And Materials (reference)

  • Black Box Catalog Of Data Communications And Computer Devices (reference)

  • Cornell Conference On Advanced Concepts In High Speed Semiconductor Devices & Circuits (reference)

  • Ieee Circuits And Devices Magazine (reference)

  • Display Devices (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Cool Devices 05:Blinding/Fallen Angel (reference)

  • Personal Floatation Devices (reference)

  • Troubleshooting Laser Optical Pick-Up Devices (reference)

  • Games Presenters Play: How To's On Audience Participation Devices (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Socket Communications Portable Bar Code Wand Reader PCMCIA F/ Win Ce Devices (reference)

  • Multi-Tech Systems Multimodem Zdx Card Cage 12- Slot For Standalone Zdx Devices (reference)

  • Wireless Suite for Palm Powered Devices (reference)

  • Command Communications Asap Dr301 Distinctive Ring Call Manager Connect 3 Devices (reference)

  • PI Engineering Y-Mouse PS2 Adapter/Splitter Dual Pointing Devices to PC (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Devices

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Photo Album: Devices

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Biological safety cabinets and other physical containment devices should be used, whenever conducting procedures that have a high probability for generating aerosols. These labs were also referred to as the “Box Labs”. Credit: CDC.

Zera L. Tanner First commanding officer of Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS Invented many surveying and oceanographic devices. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Bringing ice along a shark longliner - a colorful shrimp trawler is tied up forward of the longliner. Note Turtle Excluder Devices (TED's) in the nets. Credit: Fisheries.

Before turtle excluder devices (TED) loggerhead turtles were casualties of shrimping operations. Credit: Fisheries.

Various depth-recording devices on right and navigation gear on left. In the plot room of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship EXPLORER. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Catalog of Oceanographic Equipment Contained in the Collection of the Museum of Oceanography of Monaco. 1. "Photometers 2. Current Measuring Devices" by Christian Carpine. Bulletin de l'Institute Oceanographique , Vol. 73, No. 1437. 1987. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Plate 4. An integrated model of the dredging devices and gear used aboard the PRINCESSE ALICE II. This model was displayed in the oceanographic and physical instruments display room of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco about 1910. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The sounding balloons in the air with recording devices. Plate V, print 23. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Securing cover for TIROS V satellite prior to launching. Lettering on nose cone reads: CAUTION EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ARE SET IN THIS VEHICLE CONSULT DIRECTIONS BEFORE HANDLING. The bulbous nose fairing protected the satellite during its ride through the atmosphere into space. Credit: NOAA in Space.

From seed planting to yarnmaking, cotton textile production in the United States benefits from many labor-saving devices. One such invention developed by the Agricultural Research Service speeds accurate assessment of fiber quality in raw cotton. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Devices".

PlayCaption
An electric guitar using a fuzz and distortion devices to create a buzzy tone.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Devices

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The same applies to materials specially intended for the manufacture, storage and use of the said products or devices. (reference)

Miranda v. Arizona

1966

Illinois, stressed the need for protective devices to make the process of police interrogation conform to the dictates of the privilege. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Devices

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

So I was left to my own devices, and soon found a comfortable seat, at the foot of a tree, from which I had a good view of the ruins

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Bypasses are devices which allow some people to drive from point A to point B very fast whilst other people dash from point B to point A very fast

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Devices

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Telephone amplifying devices. (references)

Mobile phone amplifying devices. (references)

Shunt systems are not perfect devices. (references)

Business

The same rule applies to self-test devices. (references)

Imports of medical devices are highly regulated. (references)

Domestic production of medical devices is insignificant. (references)

Children

Bangladesh

Physical and occupational therapists sometimes produce adaptive devices using locally available materials that often are less expensive and well suited to subtropical environments. (references)

Sri Lanka

The Government also provides some financial support to NGO's that assist persons with disabilities; subsidizes prosthetic devices and other medical aids for persons with disabilities; makes some purchases from suppliers with disabilities; and has registered 74 schools and training institutions for persons with disabilities run by NGO's. (references)

Civil Liberties

Saudi Arabia

The legal status of these devices is ambiguous. (references)

Economic History

Spain

There is zero duty on medical devices. (references)

Switzerland

These factors create a strong demand for U.S. equipment and devices. (references)

Kazakhstan

The U.S. holds 14% of the total imports of medical equipment and devices. (references)

Human Rights

Poland

Estimates on the number of wiretapping devices installed annually at the request of the police vary widely. (references)

Colombia

Former child guerrillas have testified to rape, mandatory use of intrauterine devices, and forced abortions. (references)

Sweden

In 2000 the Minister of Justice presented a proposal to expand the use of police listening devices and other electronic surveillance. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

This act was amended in 1999 to include video rental and security devices. (references)

TAIWAN

The reimbursement system also fails to account for significant quality differences between different brands of medical devices. (references)

TAIWAN

However, Taiwan still subjects certain U.S. medical devices to clinical trials above and beyond those required for approval in the U.S. or EU markets. (references)

Trade

Mexico

NOM-137-SSA1-1995, for labeling of medical devices published in the Diario Oficial on November 18, 1998. (references)

El Salvador

F. For certain seafood exports, a statement that El Salvador is a certified user of Turtle Excluder Devices. (references)

Austria

Nutritional information is not required on food products, nor are safety warnings mandated on electrical devices. (references)

Travel

Australia

Dual-voltage devices are more practical. (references)

Ukraine

Travelers might also want to consider bringing a surge protector, especially for portable computers and other electronic devices. (references)

Chad

Articles such as clothing and other personal effects along with professional tools and devices, musical instruments, etc., may be allowed duty free entry for long term residents. (references)

Worker Rights

Madagascar

In some sectors, safety equipment is not used due to the expense of protective clothing and other safety devices. (references)

Croatia

For example, it is common to find workers without hardhats on construction sites and for workers to remove safety devices from dangerous equipment. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words locum sigillis are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Devices

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

William H. Taft

1909-1913In previous administrations an arbitration law for interstate commerce railroads and their employees, and laws for the application of safety devices to save the lives and limbs of employees of interstate railroads had been passed.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Labor sweats to create--and turns out devices to level not only mountains but also cities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Devices

"Devices" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Devices" is used about 2,196 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%2,1963,997

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Devices

CountryNameCountryName
India

Namtech Electronic Devices Limited

Japan

Fujitsu Devices Inc.

USA

Advanced Micro Devices Inc

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Devices

Expressions using "devices": active devices birth control devices Computer Storage Devices computing Devices Canada Ltd. Contraceptive Devices Doped Diamond Devices and Sensors dumb devices Ear Protective Devices equipped devices Eye Protective Devices Head Protective Devices Heart-Assist Devices I/O devices improvised explosive devices input/output devices internal devices Intrauterine Devices leave smb. to his own devices leave smb. to one's own devices medical devices medical devices agency network Computing Devices Optical Storage Devices Orthopedic Fixation Devices Orthotic Devices passive devices Protective Devices receiving devices Respiratory Protective Devices Self-Help Devices symbols for fluid logic devices wiring devices. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "devices": pseudo-devices.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Devices

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

devices.com interesting

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Devices

Language Translations for "devices"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مكائد. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

设备 (device, Equipment). (various references)

   

Czech

  

ponechat koho osudu (leave smb. to his own devices). (various references)

   

Danish

  

der tilsaettes alkylbly-forbindelser til benzin som midler modbankning (adding lead alkyl compounds to petrol as anti-knock devices), Det Stående Udvalg for Indbyrdes Tilnærmelse af Medlemsstaternes Lovgivning om Aktive,Implantable Medicinske Anordninger (Standing Committee on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Active Implantable Medical Devices), dumme enheder (dumb devices), fluidlogiksymbol (symbols for fluid logic devices), indre apparater (internal devices), improviserede eksplosive anordninger (improvised explosive devices), hulstrimmelenhed (devices for punched tapes), hovedfordelingsramme (it is used for associating any outside line with any desired terminal in a multiple or with any other outside line.It usually carries the central office protective devices and functions as a test point between line and office, main distributing frame, main distribution frame), hoejtydende klystronforstaerkere, der anvendes som kilder til superhoejfrekvent energi i radaramlaeg og elektronacceleratorer, leverer hoeje oejeblikseffekter (high-capacity amplifying klystrons used as sources of super high-frequency energy in radar devices and electron accelerators supply high short-time ratings), funktioner i lagerenhederne (operations in storage devices), afkobling mellem toget og den foerste kulvogn boer styres ved hjaelp af fotoelektrisk relaesikring eller andre former for optisk kontrol (light barriers or other devices, the uncoupling between the locomotive and the first car must be controlled by means of photoelectric relays), for roentgendiffraktionsapparater stilles mindre strenge krav hvad angaar den maksimalt tilladelige dosishastighed uden for den udnyttede roentgenstraale (for X-ray diffraction devices less stringent requirements are imposed in respect of maximum permissible dose rates outside the useful beam of X-rays), en metode til at undersoege,hvad der sker inde i en roerledning gaar ud paa i graensefladen at indsaette en solid skilleplade,som slutter taet nok i roeret til,at man kan vaere sikker paa,at den foeres af sted med samme hastighed som olien;saadanne skrabe (fitting closely enough in the pipe to make sure that it will be pushed along at the same as the oil;such devices are known as batching pigs, one way checking what is going on in a pipeline is to insert some solid separator at the interface), blaendskaerme er kunstige anlaeg til beskyttelse mod blaending,fremstillet af metal eller plast og fortrinsvis anbragt i motorvejes midterrabat (glare screens/anti-dazzle screens/anti-glare/antidazzle/fences are artificial light-screening devices made of metal or plastic and most commonly placed on the central reserves of motorways), betjeningsorganer (control devices), aktive elementer (active devices), forsoegene er udfoert med et Leitz-tyndalloscop, et Sartorius HS-konimeter, en Casella standard model termovaegt, et Gothe filter og et BAT-1-apparat (the Casella standard model, the devices tested were the Leitz tyndalloscope, the Gothe filter and the BAT I apparatus, the Sartorius HS-konimeter), passive elementer (passive devices), vandingsanlaeggets dele (equipment for final delivery, watering devices), under visse driftsbetingelser kan apparater, hvori elektroner accelereres, og som arbejder ved spaendinger hoejere end nogle faa kV, udsende straaling (under certain operating conditions electron accelerating devices working at voltages greater than a few kV may emit radiation), udstyr til omroering (agitating devices, agitation devices), udloesningsmekanisme (breakaway devices, break-away mechanism, break-back devices, safety mechanism, trip mechanism), svingningssystem (shaking system, vibrating devices), simple enheder (dumb devices), rystning (shake, shaking, shaking system, vibrating devices), installerede enhed (equipped devices), pudringsudstyr (dusting devices), koblingsanordning (coupler, hitching devices), opmålingsskib (ship equipped with devices), modtage-enhed (receiving devices), magnetiske lagerenheder (magnetic storage devices), ledningstilbehør (wiring devices), ledningsmateriel (wiring devices), lægeudstyr (medical devices), vibrationssystem (shaking system, vibrating devices), rystesystem (shaking system, vibrating devices). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

de proeven werden uitgevoerd met de tyndalloscoop van Leitz, de conimeter van Sartorius, de thermische precipitator standaardmodel Casella, het filterapparaat van Gothe en het B. A. T. - apparaat (the Casella standard model, the devices tested were the Leitz tyndalloscope, the Gothe filter and the BAT I apparatus, the Sartorius HS-konimeter), loodalkylverbindingen als antiklopmiddel aan benzine toevoegen (adding lead alkyl compounds to petrol as anti-knock devices), actieve elementen (active devices), anti-verblindingsschermen zijn kunstmatige anti-verblindingsinstallaties uit metaal of kunststof,die hoofdzakelijk op de middenberm van autosnelwegen worden geplaatst (glare screens/anti-dazzle screens/anti-glare/antidazzle/fences are artificial light-screening devices made of metal or plastic and most commonly placed on the central reserves of motorways), bedieningsinrichting (control devices), Betrouwbaarheid van biomedische apparatuur (REliability of bioMEdical Devices, REMED), cockpit-apparatuur (internal devices), een manier om te controleren wat zich in een pijpleiding afspeseelt is het inbrengen op het contactvlak van een massieve separator,die een zodanige passing in de pijp heeft dat hij met dezelfde s nelheid als de olie wordt voortbewogen;dergelijke hulpmidde (fitting closely enough in the pipe to make sure that it will be pushed along at the same as the oil;such devices are known as batching pigs, one way checking what is going on in a pipeline is to insert some solid separator at the interface), geheugenfuncties (operations in storage devices), het losmaken van de koppeling tussen de lokomotief en de eerste wagen moet onder controle van een foto-elektrische beveiligingsinstallatie geschieden (light barriers or other devices, the uncoupling between the locomotive and the first car must be controlled by means of photoelectric relays), hoofdverdeler (distributing frame, distribution frame, it is used for associating any outside line with any desired terminal in a multiple or with any other outside line.It usually carries the central office protective devices and functions as a test point between line and office, main distributing frame, main distribution frame), in bepaalde bedrijfsomstandigheden kunnen inrichtingen die werken met elektronenversnelling en met spanningen van meer dan einige kV, straling uitzenden (under certain operating conditions electron accelerating devices working at voltages greater than a few kV may emit radiation), installatieonderdelen (wiring devices), aanspanningsinrichting (hitching devices), koppelingsmechanisme (hitching devices), magnetische geheugeneenheden (magnetic storage devices), medische apparatuur (medical devices), niet-intelligente apparaten (dumb devices), ontvangapparatuur (receiving devices), passieve elementen (passive devices), Permanent Comité voor de onderlinge aanpassing van de wetgevingen van de Lid-Staten inzake actieve implanteerbare medische hulpmiddelen (Standing Committee on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Active Implantable Medical Devices), ponsbandmachines (devices for punched tapes), stuifapparatuur (dusting devices), symbolen voor logische elementen (symbols for fluid logic devices), trillend systeem (shaking system, vibrating devices), uitgeruste apparaten (equipped devices), veiligheidsinrichting (breakaway devices, break-away mechanism, break-back devices, safety mechanism, trip mechanism), verbindingsstukken zijn automatische,mechanische of hydraulische verbindingen die meestal bij het koppelen werken voor het grendelen (actuated either mechanically or hydraulically, connectors are joining devices, normally achieving their join by an interlocking action), klystronversterkers met groot vermogen, die dienen als uiterst hoogfrequente energiebron in radarinstallaties en elektronenversnellers, geven grote ogenbliksvermogens af (high-capacity amplifying klystrons used as sources of super high-frequency energy in radar devices and electron accelerators supply high short-time ratings). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toiminnat muistilaitteissa (operations in storage devices), ristikytkentäteline (it is used for associating any outside line with any desired terminal in a multiple or with any other outside line.It usually carries the central office protective devices and functions as a test point between line and office, main distributing frame, main distribution frame), reikänauhalaitteet (devices for punched tapes), passiivinen laite (dumb devices), passiivinen komponentti (passive devices), muistilaitetoiminnat (operations in storage devices), magneettinen muistilaite (magnetic storage devices), magneettimuistilaite (magnetic storage devices), logiikkakomponenttien piirrosmerkit (symbols for fluid logic devices), kytkentätarvikkeet (wiring devices), käytössä olevat laitteet (equipped devices), aktiivinen komponentti (active devices). (various references)

   

French

  

trucs. (various references)

   

German

  

Devisen (currency, foreign exchange), Vorrichtungen (apparatuses, appliances, artifices, gadgetry), Geräte (apparatuses, gadgetry, hardware, set up, setup, tackles, units, utensils), Bauteile (components). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μονάδες μαγνητικής μνήμης (magnetic storage devices), διατάξεις συρμάτωσης (wiring devices), διατάξεις καλωδίωσης (wiring devices), "ια συσκευές περίθλασης ακτίνων Χ επιβάλλονται λιγότεροι αυστηροί κανό-νες σχετικά με το μέγιστο επιτρεπτό ρυθμό δόσης έξω από τη χρήσιμη (for X-ray diffraction devices less stringent requirements are imposed in respect of maximum permissible dose rates outside the useful beam of X-rays), τα όργανα τα οποία δοκιμάσθηκαν ήταν το τανταλλοσκόπιο Leitz,το κονιόμετρο Santorius HS,το πρώτυπο μοντέλο θερμικής καθίζησης Casella,η συσκευή με φίλ (the devices tested were the Leitz tyndalloscope), λειτουργίες σε συσκευές μνήμης (operations in storage devices), Τα αντιθαμβωτικά πετάσματα είναι διατάξεις από μέταλλο ή συνθετικά υλικά τοποθετημένες κατά κανόνα επί της κεντρικής κυκλοφοριακής νησίδ (glare screens/anti-dazzle screens/anti-glare/antidazzle/fences are artificial light-screening devices made of metal or plastic and most commonly placed on the central reserves of motorways), Τα κλυστρόνια με υψηλή ικανότητα ενίσχυσης,που χρησιμοποιούνται σαν πηγές ενέργειας υπέρ-υψηλής συχνότητας στα ραντάρ και στους επιταχυ-ν (high-capacity amplifying klystrons used as sources of super high-frequency energy in radar devices and electron accelerators supply high short-time ratings), ενεργητικός μηχανισμός (active devices), εξοπλισμός επίπασης (dusting devices), δονητικό σύστημα (shaking system, vibrating devices), παθητικός μηχανισμός (passive devices), Κάτω από συγκεκριμένες συνθήκες λειτουργίας,συσκευές επιταχύνσεως ηλεκτρονίων που λειτουργούν σε τάσεις υψηλότερες από λίγα kV μπορούν να (under certain operating conditions electron accelerating devices working at voltages greater than a few kV may emit radiation), στη βενζίνη προστίθενται αλκύλια του μολύβδου ως αντικροτικά (adding lead alkyl compounds to petrol as anti-knock devices), συσκευές ελέγχου οδήγησης (control devices), συσκευές εσωτερικών (internal devices), συσκευές χειρισμού (control devices), συσκευές για χαρτοταινίες (devices for punched tapes), σύμβολα για λογικά στοιχεία υδραυλικής (symbols for fluid logic devices), Μόνιμη επιτροπή για την προσέγγιση των νομοθεσιών των κρατών μελών σχετικά με τα ενεργά εμφυτεύσιμα ιατρικά βοηθήματα (Standing Committee on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Active Implantable Medical Devices), κουτές συσκευές (dumb devices), κεντρικός κατανεμητής (it is used for associating any outside line with any desired terminal in a multiple or with any other outside line.It usually carries the central office protective devices and functions as a test point between line and office, main distributing frame, main distribution frame), εγκατεστημένες διατάξεις (equipped devices). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sorsára hagy vkit (to leave sy to his fate, to leave sy to his own devices), infrafelderítõ eszközök (infra-red devices). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dispositivi, valutario (foreign currency). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

保安設備 (safety devices). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほあ"せつび (safety devices). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

장치 (Console, device, gear, gears). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

evicesday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

dispositivos não inteligentes (dumb devices), dispositivo de comando (control, control devices, control organ, controls, operating control, operating controls, operating device), dispositivos de agitação (agitating devices, agitation devices), dispositivos de aspersão (equipment for final delivery, watering devices), dispositivos de engate (hitching devices), dispositivos de entrada/saída (I/O devices), dispositivos de segurança (breakaway devices, break-away mechanism, break-back devices, engineered safety features, safety mechanism, trip mechanism), dispositivos interiores (internal devices), dispositivos equipados (equipped devices), para os aparelhos de difracção de raios-x as normas relativas aos débitos de dose máximos admissíveis fora do feixe útil de raios-x são menos severas (for X-ray diffraction devices less stringent requirements are imposed in respect of maximum permissible dose rates outside the useful beam of X-rays), análise química do vidro (documentary devices), anticoncepcionais (birth control devices), Comité Permanente para a Aproximação das Legislações dos Estados-membros respeitantes aos Dispositivos Medicinais Implantáveis Activos (Standing Committee on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Active Implantable Medical Devices), componente activo (active devices), componente passivo (passive devices), tela anti-reflectora;-;-;-as telas anti-reflectoras são dispositivos contra encadeamento em metal ou em matérias sintéticas implantadas geralmente na divisória central das auto-estradas (glare screens/anti-dazzle screens/anti-glare/antidazzle/fences are artificial light-screening devices made of metal or plastic and most commonly placed on the central reserves of motorways), sob certas condições de funcionamento,os dispositivos de aceleração de electrões trabalhando a tensões superiores a alguns kV,podem emitir radiação (under certain operating conditions electron accelerating devices working at voltages greater than a few kV may emit radiation), simbologia para componentes lógicos de fluidos (symbols for fluid logic devices), equipamentos para fitas perfuradas (devices for punched tapes), os ensaios foram efectuados com o tindaloscópio Leitz,o conímetro Sartorius HS,o termoprecipitador Casella de modelo normal,o aparelho de filtro Gothe e o aparelho BAT I (the Casella standard model, the devices tested were the Leitz tyndalloscope, the Gothe filter and the BAT I apparatus, the Sartorius HS-konimeter), adicionar gasolina compostos de chumbo alquilo como produtos antidetonantes. (adding lead alkyl compounds to petrol as anti-knock devices), funções duma memória (operations in storage devices), unidades de memórias magnéticas (magnetic storage devices), ensaio de titulação do vidro (documentary devices), equipamento de polvilhamento (dusting devices), equipamento de recepção (receiving devices), sistema vibrante (shaking system, vibrating devices). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

divisas (foreign currency, foreign exchange). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

symboler för fluida logikelement (symbols for fluid logic devices), passiva komponenter (passive devices), mottagningsenhet (receiving devices), minnesfunktioner (operations in storage devices), magnetminnen (magnetic storage devices), låta ngn sköta sig själv (leave smb. to his own devices), korskopplingsstativ (it is used for associating any outside line with any desired terminal in a multiple or with any other outside line.It usually carries the central office protective devices and functions as a test point between line and office, main distributing frame, main distribution frame), korskoppling (it is used for associating any outside line with any desired terminal in a multiple or with any other outside line.It usually carries the central office protective devices and functions as a test point between line and office, main distributing frame, main distribution frame), hålremsenheter (devices for punched tapes), förbindningsanordningar (wiring devices), aktiva komponenter (active devices). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kendi haline bırakmak (leave alone, leave smb. to one's own devices, let be, let it ride, let smth. ride, turn smb. adrift), işine karışmamak (leave smb. to one's own devices). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Devices

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 14, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOxuqumoV prassei meta abouliaV anhr de fronimoV polla upoferei
Latin405VulgateInpatiens operabitur stultitiam et vir versutus odiosus est
Middle English1395WyclifThe vnpacient shal werche folie; and the desseyuable man is hateful.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Basic English1964OgdenHe who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Devices

LanguageProverbs Chapter 14, Verse 17
Cebuano¶ Siya nga dili masuko magahimo sa kabuangan; Ug ang usa ka tawo nga dautan ug mga paagi ginadumtan.
Chinese輕 " 發 ' 的 、 行 事 愚 妄 . 設 立 詭 計 的 、 被 人 恨 惡 。
CroatianNagao èovjek èini ludosti, a razborit ih podnosi.
DanishDen hidsige bærer sig tåbeligt ad, man hader rænkefuld Mand.
DutchDie haastig is tot toorn, zal dwaasheid doen; en een man van schandelijke verdichtselen zal gehaat worden.
FinnishPikavihainen tekee hullun töitä, ja juonittelija joutuu vihatuksi.
FrenchCelui qui est prompt la colère fait des sottises, Et l`homme plein de malice s`attire la haine.
GermanEin Ungeduldiger handelt töricht; aber ein Bedächtiger haßt es.
HungarianA hirtelen haragú bolondságot cselekszik, és a cselszövõ férfi gyûlölséges lesz.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang yang suka marah bertindak bodoh; orang bijaksana bersikap sabar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBarangsiapa yang segera akan marah, ia itu kelak berbuat perkara yang bodoh, dan orang yang jahat niatnya itu akan dibenci.
ItalianL'iracondo commette sciocchezze, il riflessivo sopporta.
Maori¶ Ko te tangata riri wawe ka mahi i te wairangi; ka kinongia ano hoki te tangata i nga rauhanga kino.
NorwegianDen bråsinte gjør dårskap, og en svikefull mann blir hatet.
PortugueseQuem facilmente se ira fará doidices; mas o homem discreto é paciente;   
RumanianCine este iute la mknie face prostii, wi omul plin de rqutate se face urkt. -
RussianчУ ЩМШЮЙЧЩК НПЦЕФ У"ЕМБФШ ЗМХ ПУФШ; ОП ЮЕМПЧЕЛ, ХНЩЫМЕООП "ЕМБАЭЙК ЪМП, ОЕОБЧЙУФЕО.
SpanishEl que es irascible hará locuras, y el hombre malicioso será aborrecido.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Devices

Misspellings

"Devices" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Davico, dervice, Deuices, devic, devicer, Devika, devine, devoce, dioicus, Diviacus, divice, divics, sevice. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Devices"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "devices" (pronounced divī"suz)
5-v ī" s u zvices.
4-ī" s u zices, prices, slices, spices, splices, suffices.
3-s u zabsences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, balances, bases, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, solstices, sources, spaces, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Devices

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-s-v"

-1 letter: deices, device, devise, sieved, viseed.

-2 letters: cedes, cedis, deice, dices, dives, sieve, viced, vices, vised.

-3 letters: cede, cedi, cees, dees, devs, dice, dies, disc, dive, eide, eves, iced, ices, ides, seed, sice, side, vees, vice, vide, vied, vies, vise.

-4 letters: cee, cis, dee, dev, die, dis, eds, eve, ice, ids, sec, see, sei, sic.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-s-v"
 

+1 letter: deceives, decisive, devoices, scrieved, seducive, serviced.

 

+2 letters: coderives, deceivers, decemvirs, deviances, divorcees, evidences, seductive, vesicated.

 

+3 letters: adjectives, decisively, defectives, detectives, deviancies, directives, discovered, discoverer, disservice, indecisive, rediscover, reserviced, undeceives, verbicides, verdancies, vermicides, vivisected.

 

+4 letters: cadaverines, deactivates, declivities, descriptive, desiccative, destructive, devocalizes, discoverers, discoveries, disservices, divergences, divulgences, eviscerated, overdirects, providences, rediscovers, rediscovery, screwdriver, seductively, velocipedes, vesiculated, viridescent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Sounds
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Company Usage
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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