The phrase "a common device of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a frequently employed method or technique in a particular context, such as literature, art, or technology.
Example: "The use of unreliable narrators is a common device of modern fiction, adding layers of complexity to the storytelling."
Alternatives: "a typical method of" or "a frequent technique of".
No news is imparted despite the use of questioning, a common device for dealing with an imbalance of information (Heritage, 2012b).
This paper aims at simulating the flow of a pigment suspension in a short-dwell coater (SDTA), a common device used for the production of value-added paper.
It was necessary to devise special methods for isolating the copolymers, since the common device of precipitation into a non-solvent could not be adopted here.
The most common device of this nature is the electrocardiograph, which employs a coil of fine wire with many turns and is used for studying heart action.
They use the common devices of oral literature such as repetition and enumeration and formulaic expression.
A more common device issue is obstruction of the inflow or outflow cannula.
The activity of the Forum addressed the most important use cases and requirements to define the perspectives of a common "nomadic device gateway" for the integration of portable devices in the vehicles in compliance with the European Statement of Principles (ESoP2) defined by the European Community about in-vehicle HMI.
One of the early approaches here is the FIPA Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agentss) device ontology specification [10], which defines a common set of device properties in a proprietary frame-based representation.
Migrating birds can be fatally "captured" by artificial lights, a fact that was made obvious a half century ago, when early versions of a common meteorological device called a ceilometer — which used a powerful vertical beam of light to measure cloud ceilings — sometimes killed thousands of migrating birds in a single night.
Common devices consist of functionalized ceramic monoliths; an interesting alternative can be realized with a support material made of a high temperature compatible metal alloy, like FeCrAl.
