device

noun

• Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

  "There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener."

• A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
• A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
• A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
• A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
• Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
• An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
• A spectacle or show.
• Opinion; decision.