ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic device mean? 

• ELECTRONIC DEVICE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device that accomplishes its purpose electronically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electronic device" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electronic device"):

computer mouse; mouse (a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad)

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

trackball (an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen)

system clock (an electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components)

digital scanner; image scanner; scanner (an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer)

repeater ((electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again)

read-out; readout (an electronic device the displays information in a visual form)

organiser; organizer; PDA; personal digital assistant; personal organiser; personal organizer (a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.)

artificial pacemaker; pacemaker (an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker)

multiplexer (a device that can interleave two or more activities)

answering machine (an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages)

logic element (an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation)

deaf-aid; hearing aid (an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing)

generator (an electronic device for producing a signal voltage)

doubler (an electronic device that doubles the voltage or the frequency of an input signal)

dongle ((computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software)

display adapter; display adaptor ((computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display)

display; video display (an electronic device that represents information in visual form)

defibrillator (an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation)

beeper; pager (an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged)

 Context examples 

Information obtained from an electronic device that is used to measure material properties.

(Instrument Data, NCI Thesaurus)

An electronic device designed to prevent the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set limit.

(Limiter Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A simple electronic device used for testing purposes designed to draw the same current as a complex device.

(Dummy Load Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

An electronic device designed to improve the output quality of a power source, typically by smoothing the output voltage.

(Line Conditioner Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Writing recorded in a format that requires an electronic device to view or modify.

(Electronic Document, NCI Thesaurus)

Mercury also rules machinery and electronics, which is the reason it is never a good idea to buy a machine or electronic device during Mercury retrograde.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An electronic device containing circuits of different technological types.

(Hybrid Circuit Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A hearing aid is a small electronic device that you wear in or behind your ear.

(Hearing Aids, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

A procedure involving an electronic device implanted in the body that delivers electrical stimulation to the heart to treat tachycardia.

(Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A device designed to reduce the flow of air through a duct or an electronic device designed to decrease the amplitude of oscillations in a sytem.

(Damper Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)