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electronic device

electronic device \electronic device\ n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation.

Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the television, radio, computer, robot, transmitter, receiver, VCR, CD player, etc.

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electronic device

n. a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically

Usage examples of "electronic device".

A magnificent mahogany desk stood in the center of the room, its only electronic device an old dial telephone.

The colonel held up the pus-covered bandages that had covered Newman's burns and the semi-melted remnants of some kind of electronic device.

In addition to leaving what was in effect an enemy agent planted in Zebra, the Soviets also left a portable monitor--an electronic device for tuning-in on a particular radio signal which would be activated inside the capsule at the moment of its ejection from the satellite.

Hoddan's electronic device did not fill a human need, only a technical one.

Kohler motioned to an intricate electronic device mounted beside the door.

To their disappointment, there was no sign of any concealed electronic device.

He raised one hand, holding what appeared to be a small electronic device.

An infrabeam sound transmitter, no matter how narrowly it could be focused, was after all an electronic device, and interference was not only possible, it had happened.

From the suitcase, he lifted out an electronic device about the size of a paperback book.