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Definition of Devices
1. Noun. An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase 'left to your own devices'. "The children were left to their own devices"
Definition of Devices
1. Noun. (plural of device) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devices
1. device [n] - See also: device
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devices
Literary usage of Devices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Protective devices TRANSMISSION Protective devices for High-Tension ... Explains some
of the disturbances, and describes protective devices now in use. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"All the devices of which the alleged combination is made are confessedly old.
... Merely bringing old devices into juxtaposition, and there allowing each to ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"The three types of recording devices in general use are those having a ...
Perfect reliability, however, can be secured only by automatic recording devices. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"It was soon perceived that the simplest devices are supplements to or substitutes
for ... It was next perceived that even the simplest devices react on the ..."
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