1. A device that very useful for a particular job; SYN. contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget.
2. Durable goods for home or office use.

ETYM French.
1. An instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system).
2. An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture).

ETYM Old Eng. devis, devise, will, intention, opinion, invention, from French devis architect's plan and estimates (in Old Fren., division, plan, wish), devise device, in Old Fren. also, division, wish, last will, from deviser. Related to Devise, Devise.
1. An instrumental invented for a particular purpose.
2. Any clever (deceptive) maneuver; SYN. gimmick, twist.
3. Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.
4. Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
5. An emblematic design (especially in heraldry). + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French équipement. Related to Equip.
An artifact needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.

Any small device, especially of simple but ingenious design.

Gadgets collectively.

ETYM Late Lat. implementum accomplishment, from Latin implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confused with Old Fren. empleier, emploier, to employ, French employer, whence Eng. employ. Related to Plenty.
A piece of equipment or tool used to effect an end.

ETYM French, from Latin machina machine, engine, device, trick, Greek, from mechane means, expedient. Related to Mechanic.
1. Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.
2. An intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently.
3. An efficient person.
4. A group that controls the activities of a political party; SYN. political machine.
5. A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point; SYN. simple machine.
Device that allows a small force (the effort) to overcome a larger one (the load). There are three basic machines: the inclined plane (ramp), the lever, and the wheel and axle. All other machines are combinations of these three basic types. Simple machines derived from the inclined plane include the wedge, the gear, and the screw; the spanner is derived from the lever; the pulley from the wheel.
The principal features of a machine are its mechanical advantage, which is the ratio of load to effort, its velocity ratio, and its efficiency, which is the work done by the load divided by the work done by the effort; the latter is expressed as a percentage. In a perfect machine, with no friction, the efficiency would be 100%. All practical machines have efficiencies of less than 100%, otherwise perpetual motion would be possible. + prikaži više

The top horizontal surface of a table.

ETYM Old Eng. takel, akin to lg. and Dutch takel, Dan. takkel, Swed. tackel; perhaps akin to Eng. taw, v.t, or to take.r /> 1. A set of the equipment used in a particular activity; gear.
2. A ship's rigging; an assemblage of ropes and pulleys arranged to gain mechanical advantage for hoisting and pulling.
3. A position on the line of scrimmage. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. tol,tool. AS. tôl; akin to Icel. tôl, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to Eng. taw to dress leather.
An implement used in the practice of a vocation.

ETYM Abbrev. from unity.
(quantity) Standard quantity in relation to which other quantities are measured. There have been many systems of units. Some ancient units, such as the day, the foot, and the pound, are still in use. si units, the latest version of the metric system, are widely used in science.
1. A single undivided natural entity occurring in the composition of something else; SYN. building block.
2. A single undivided whole.
3. An individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole.
4. An organization regarded as part of a larger social group; SYN. social unit. + prikaži više

ETYM French utensile, ustensile, Latin utensile, from utensilis that may be used, fit for use, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. Related to Use.
An implement for practical use (especially in a household).