Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: device (Noun). Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.
1. heptane-a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings. alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series, paraffin-a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). 1  Facebook.
Techne is a term in philosophy which resembles epistÄmÄ in the implication of knowledge of principles, although techne differs in that its intent is making or doing as opposed to disinterested understanding. As an activity, techne is concrete, variable, and context-dependent.