device

Significat (anglès)

1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
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 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. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
11. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˈvaɪs/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle English devis, devise, devyce, devys, devyse, from Old French devis and devise, from Latin dīvīsus, past participle of dīvidō (“to divide”). Doublet of devise (noun).

Sents

The USB device didn't function correctly .