Device and Structure

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Structure and device are semantically related in network topic. In some cases you can use "Structure" instead a noun "Device".

Structure noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.

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Device and structure are semantically related in network topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Structure".

similar	similar device	similar structure
common	common device	common structure
specific	specific device	specific structure
complex	complex device	complex structure
Other adjectives: certain, alien, standard, single, simple, small, actual, massive, large, complicated, huge, main, ancient, new, dramatic, mechanical, mysterious, titular, strange, central, giant, eponymous.

The Cardassian Obsidian Order develops a device that is designed to prevent a changeling from changing its molecular structure, trapping it in its current form until it crumbles apart.

Source: No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup
In literature, a conceit is an idea, collection of ideas, metaphor, structure, or other imagined device which defines or enables the world of the story, or some action in it.

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Eventually, Sartorius and Snow destroy her with a device that disrupts her sub-atomic structure at her request.

Source: Literature / Solaris

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