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device noun

  /dəˈvaɪs/ , /dɪˈvaɪs/
  • Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
appareil, dispositif
  • A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
artifice, manœuvre, ruse, stratagème
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