A kite is a wind-supported flying device consisting of a wooden or similar framework covered with paper, cloth, or synthetic material.
Coelostat, device consisting of a flat mirror that is turned slowly by a motor to reflect a portion of the sky continuously into a fixed telescope.
It represents the reticle, a device consisting of a network of silk threads placed in a telescope's eyepiece and used to measure positions of celestial objects.
Electromagnet, device consisting of a core of magnetic material surrounded by a coil through which an electric current is passed to magnetize the core.
Nut, in technology, fastening device consisting of a square or hexagonal block, usually of metal, with a hole in the centre having internal, or female, threads that fit on the male threads of an associated bolt or screw.
The mariner's astrolabe, however, was less widely used than its 16th-century successor, the cross-staff, a simple device consisting of a staff about 3 feet (1 metre) long fitted with a sliding crosspiece (see photograph).
Condom, contraceptive and prophylactic device consisting of a sheath that fits over the penis or inside the vagina and that is intended to prevent the entry of semen into the vagina and to protect against the exchange of sexually transmitted diseases acquired through various means of sexual contact.
Thomson's lamp is basically a device consisting of a lamp and a switch set on an electrical circuit.
This paper proposes a novel blast wave mitigation device, consisting of a piston cylinder assembly.
Figure 25 Schematic design of a memory device consisting of a thin DNA biopolymer film sandwiched between electrodes.
(b) Sketch of the device consisting of a QD-membrane glued on a side of a PMN-PT crystal.
