The phrase "activate the device" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when giving instructions or commands related to turning on or starting a device.
Example: "To begin the experiment, please activate the device by pressing the power button."
Alternatives: "turn on the device" or "power up the device."
The VNS device is typically preconfigured to deliver electrical stimulations at a scheduled rate independently of perceived seizure activity, although patients and bystanders are also able to manually activate the device in response to seizures by swiping a magnet over the chest implant site.
The man was arrested and did not activate the device, they said.
Users activate the device when parking, and receive an alert if the bike is moved.
A crucial valve had never fully deployed, and efforts to activate the device after the explosion are unsuccessful.
The user cracks the ampule to activate the device, then inverts the pen and turns the barrel to introduce the wet chemistry to the enzymatic foam.
At Alamo Rent a Car and National Car Rental, meanwhile, some vehicles are equipped with OnStar systems, which allow customers to activate the device on the road and receive road directions by cell phone.
As fun to watch as to activate, the devices constitute a semiautomatic percussion orchestra.
There are moments of great frustration recorded in the documents, especially over the inability to activate the devices on the blowout preventer with robotic submersibles.
They placed Claymore mines on the underside of his porch, and they instructed his teenage son to activate the devices if the police arrived.
The group activated the device again the next evening.
A switch at the bottom of the tube activated the device and -- presto -- steroid-free urine ready for testing.
