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Examples:Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)—inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)—(coll.) wear an intrauterine device (IUD)—turn off (a machine or device)—lend-lease (US device provide war materiel to its allies during WW2)—lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection)—reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers)—a device used check money and detect counterfeit bills—peak power output (of an electrical device etc)—feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc)—face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc—originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role—mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc)—parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)—reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc)—anti-surge device (of compressors etc)—plug in (an electronic device)—inverter, device that converts AC electricity DC and vice versa—a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)— |