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Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..

Devise :: Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will..

Executory :: Executory (a.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract..

Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..

Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope..

Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..

Pantisocracy :: Pantisocracy (n.) A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days..

Politic :: Politic (a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty..

Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..

Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..

Devised :: Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.

Haemoscope :: Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination..

Device :: Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice..

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.

Contriver :: Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas..

Pretex :: Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely..

Artificer :: Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer..

Point-devise :: Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.

Project :: Project (n.) That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

Conceive :: Conceive (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope..

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