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Look up devise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Devise may refer to: To invent something A disposal of real property in a will and testament, or the
Devise
Property given by will
A devise is the act of giving property by will, traditionally referring to real property. A bequest is the act of giving property by will, usually referring
Devise_and_bequeath
Method of theatre-making originating from collaboration
Devised theatre – frequently called collective creation – is a method of theatre-making in which the script or (if it is a predominantly physical work)
Devised_theatre
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Devise (French pronunciation: [dəviz]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Devise is situated on the D45 road
Devise,_Somme
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
his sickness was discovered to be terminal, he and his council drew up a "Devise for the Succession" to prevent the country's return to Catholicism. Edward
Edward_VI
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
La Devise (French pronunciation: [la dəviz]) is a commune in the department of Charente-Maritime, southwestern France. The municipality was established
La_Devise
Statistics from the 2014–15 season. Source: RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (R)
2014–15_SKNFA_Super_League
Anglican doctrinal statement
The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (commonly abbreviated as the Thirty-nine Articles or the XXXIX Articles), finalised in 1571, are the historically
Thirty-nine_Articles
A specific devise is a devise of a distinct piece of real estate to a certain person or persons. It is analogous to a specific legacy, but is limited (by
Specific_devise
Computer system that receives and forwards requests
additional benefits such as load balancing, privacy or security. Proxies were devised to add structure and encapsulation to distributed systems. A proxy server
Proxy_server
French painter (1859–1891)
December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used
Georges_Seurat
Unique numeric book identifier since 1970
within a country. The first version of the ISBN identification format was devised in 1967, based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) created in
ISBN
Former president and COO of Theranos (born 1965)
Elizabeth Holmes. He and Holmes fraudulently represented that they had devised a revolutionary blood test that required only small amounts of blood, such
Sunny_Balwani
European football competition
associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The competition was devised to minimise friendlies and give nations competitive encounters with equally
UEFA_Nations_League
9th-century Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries
they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs". They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church
Cyril_and_Methodius
Fictional set of rules by Isaac Asimov
(often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots
Three_Laws_of_Robotics
Personality construct
Christie and Florence L. Geis created the construct in the 1960s. They devised a set of statements to study variations in human behaviors and named it
Machiavellianism_(psychology)
Science-fiction novel series by Isaac Asimov
waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon devises the theory of psychohistory, a new and effective mathematics of sociology
Foundation_(novel_series)
Process by which software is developed
is a classification of processes or a blueprint for a process that is devised for the SDLC. For example, many processes can be classified as a spiral
Software_development_process
political parties in the 1790s. Americans were especially innovative in devising new campaign techniques that linked public opinion with public policy through
Political parties in the United States
Political_parties_in_the_United_States
East India Company policy of annexation of princely states
The Doctrine of Lapse was an imperialist annexation policy devised by the British East India Company to expand its empire in India. in the Indian subcontinent
Doctrine_of_lapse
British men's magazine, founded 1995
Maxim (stylized in all caps) is an international men's magazine, devised and launched in the United Kingdom in 1995, but based in New York City since
Maxim_(magazine)
National day of remembrance
have served". Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)
Anzac_Day
British police procedural TV series (1991–2006)
Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television series devised by Lynda La Plante. Broadcast on ITV between 1991 and 2006, it stars Helen Mirren
Prime_Suspect
Unit of energy
the exact value 1.602176634×10−19 J. Historically, the electronvolt was devised as a standard unit of measure through its usefulness in electrostatic particle
Electronvolt
Flowering plant in the heather family
from the closely related genus Erica by Richard Anthony Salisbury, who devised the generic name Calluna probably from Ancient Greek kallýnō ([καλλύνω])
Calluna
Indicator for the complexity of texts
passage of written English. The Plain English proponent, Rudolf Flesch devised the Reading-Ease test to evaluate the readability of an English text. Later
Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
Flesch–Kincaid_readability_tests
Exercise therapy
The Feldenkrais Method (FM) is a type of movement therapy devised by Moshé Feldenkrais (1904–1984) during the mid-20th century. The method is claimed
Feldenkrais_method
Practitioner of engineering
word engineer is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness"). Ir is an honorific of an engineer in countries
Engineer
Subgenre of house music
to as French touch, filter house, or tekfunk) is a style of house music devised by French musicians in the 1990s. It is a form of Eurodisco and a popular
French_house
Phonetic symbol chart
International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a complete
International Phonetic Alphabet chart
International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart
Human with superpowers in DC Universe
activities of the metagene. During Final Crisis, while the Dominators devised a Gene Bomb able to accelerate the metagene activity to the point of cellular
Metahuman
Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine
Plautus
American semi-automatic rifle
General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised". The M1 replaced the (bolt-action) M1903 Springfield as the U.S. service
M1_Garand
Blood relative in the direct line of descent
"lineal descendants," as used in a statute providing for the non-lapse of a devise where the devisee predeceases the testator but leaves lineal descendants
Lineal_descendant
material categories in China is one of the first musical groupings ever devised. Silk (絲) instruments are mostly stringed instruments (including those
List of Chinese musical instruments
List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments
Federal crimes using the post or telegraphy
States in 1872. 18 U.S.C. § 1341 provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or
Mail_and_wire_fraud
native speakers should be used with caution, because it is not possible to devise a coherent set of linguistic criteria for distinguishing languages in a
List of languages by number of native speakers
List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
Taxonomic rank
taken together. It was introduced in the three-domain system of taxonomy devised by Carl Woese, Otto Kandler and Mark Wheelis in 1990. According to the
Domain_(taxonomy)
Thought experiment in quantum mechanics
viewed this way, is described as a paradox. This thought experiment was devised by physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935, in a discussion with Albert Einstein
Schrödinger's_cat
American crime drama television series (1982–1986)
self-aware, and nearly indestructible car. This was the last series Larson devised at Universal Television before he moved to 20th Century Fox Television
Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)
Experiment measuring the force of gravity (1797–1798)
first accurate values for these geophysical constants. The experiment was devised sometime before 1783 by the English geologist John Michell, who constructed
Cavendish_experiment
Arrangement of steering linkages
Erasmus Darwin may have a prior claim as the inventor dating from 1758. He devised his steering system because he was injured when a carriage tipped over
Ackermann_steering_geometry
Defense against a takeover of a company
In the field of mergers and acquisitions, shareholder rights plans were devised in the early 1980s to prevent takeover bids by limiting a shareholder's
Shareholder_rights_plan
Version 6 of the Internet Protocol
(approximately 3.4×1038, 340 undecillion). Several transition mechanisms have been devised to allow IPv4 and IPv6 to interoperate, but IPv6 is not backwards-compatible
IPv6
Part of the advertising industry
grids developed by Foote, Cone, Belding (FCB) (see below) and another devised by Rossiter and Percy, and which is an extension of the FCB approach. These
Advertising_management
Complicated set of real numbers
In mathematics, the Markov spectrum, devised by Andrey Markov, is a complicated set of real numbers arising in Markov Diophantine equations and also in
Markov_spectrum
Northern Irish television presenter (born 1940)
Sounding Brass, a music phone-in request programme with a live brass band, devised by radio producer Owen Spencer-Thomas. Hunniford has made a health and
Gloria_Hunniford
"Fill-in-the-blank" language learning technique
subject of extensive academic literature; nonetheless, teachers commonly devise ad hoc tests. A language teacher may give the following passage to students:
Cloze_test
English playwright and theatre director (born 1986)
classic texts, including versions of Oresteia, Mary Stuart, and 1984, devised with Duncan Macmillan. Born in Stockton-on-Tees to a non-theatrical family
Robert_Icke
Vanara king in Hindu epic Ramayana
promised his assistance in defeating Ravana and rescuing Sita. Together, they devised a plan to topple Vali from the throne. Sugriva challenged Vali to a fight
Vali_(Ramayana)
BBC Radio 4 programme
while discussing their life and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by Roy Plomley, and over the years has been presented
Desert_Island_Discs
American health-technology company, 2003–2018
at its peak in 2013 and 2014. The company falsely claimed that it had devised blood tests that could be performed rapidly and accurately while requiring
Theranos
Japanese businessman and engineer (1912–1990)
Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system. He wrote
Taiichi_Ohno
1970 children's novel by Roald Dahl
poultry from each. Tired of being outsmarted by Mr Fox, the triumvirate devise a plan to ambush him as he leaves his burrow, but they succeed only in shooting
Fantastic_Mr_Fox
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
fundamental results in quantum theory. In particular, he is recognized for devising the Schrödinger equation, an equation that provides a way to calculate
Erwin_Schrödinger
Legendary king of Denmark
on Ælla's kingdom, which failed. Sigurd's brother, Ivar the Boneless, devised a strategy in which the Great Heathen Army occupied and sacked York, to
Sigurd_Snake-in-the-Eye
Narnia books character
monarchs (fourteen years later, according to Lewis's Narnian Timeline). He devises a plan for escaping from Calormen, thereby saving Queen Susan from being
Mr._Tumnus
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
19th century. The French engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban also devised an effective method to defeat them. Before Vauban, besiegers had driven
Bastion_fort
Code for arrangement of locomotive wheels
be applied to some internal combustion and electric locomotives. It was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth century
Whyte_notation
City important to the world economy
financial power and high technology infrastructure. Competing groups have devised competing means to classify and rank world cities and to distinguish them
Global_city
Mercenary soldier leader in medieval Italy
which devastated Romagna, Umbria, and Tuscany under a code of discipline devised by the adventurer Montréal d'Albarno. The English captain John Hawkwood
Condottiere
Indian astrophysicist and politician (1893–1956)
16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist and politician who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers
Meghnad_Saha
Composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). These annual reports were devised and launched by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul-Haq in 1990, and had the
Human_Development_Index
26-letter Latin-script alphabet
the letters thorn (Þ þ) and wynn (Ƿ ƿ). The letter eth (Ð ð) was later devised as a modification of dee (D d), and finally yogh (Ȝ ȝ) was created by Norman
English_alphabet
American architectural and engineering firm
Station spurred the construction of Broadgate, a new business district. SOM devised the master plan, and over three decades designed several of the site's
SOM_(architectural_firm)
Topics referred to by the same term
witches Jennet Device (fl. 1612), witness at the trial of the Pendle witches Devise (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Device
Steel structure in Queens, New York
"Man's Achievements on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe". Clarke devised plans for the Unisphere while aboard an airplane in 1960. New York City
Unisphere
(VEI) Predictive qualitative scale for explosiveness of volcanic eruptions
scale used to measure the size of explosive volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the United States Geological Survey and Stephen
Volcanic_explosivity_index
English scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)
diagnostic science by analysing specimens using microscopes. Fourthly, he devised strategies to increase the chances of survival after surgery. His most
Joseph_Lister
Type of opinion-expressing written pieces
nothing is more interesting than opinion when opinion is interesting, so I devised a method of cleaning off the page opposite the editorial, which became
Op-ed
Type of Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure in Scotland
Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Brochs are roundhouse buildings
Broch
Fictional language in the Sims
Simlish is a constructed language devised by game designer Will Wright for the Sims game series developed by Electronic Arts. During the development of
Simlish
Creationist hypothesis
that it is nature that presents the real story, and that the Torah was devised by God to test us with a fake history! One has to be able to rely on God's
Omphalos_hypothesis
1958 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa
The comedy co-exists with a dark view of life's brevity, and Kurosawa devises exhilarating setpieces and captivating images. Arthouse classics aren't
The_Hidden_Fortress
Plan in case something unexpected occurs
plan, or alternate plan, also known colloquially as Plan B, is a plan devised for an outcome other than in the usual (expected) plan. It is often used
Contingency_plan
Quantity of a three-dimensional space
material. The Egyptians use their units of length (the cubit, palm, digit) to devise their units of volume, such as the volume cubit or deny (1 cubit × 1 cubit
Volume
English peer, discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot (1575–1622)
youre preservacion, therefore I would aduyse you as you tender your life to devise some excuse to shift youer attendance at this parliament, for God and man
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
William_Parker,_4th_Baron_Monteagle
1943 film by Zoltán Korda
spray-painted on the hills to make them stand out. Makeup artist Henry Pringle devised a technique to imitate facial perspiration by coating the actors' faces
Sahara_(1943_American_film)
Sculpture in Washington, D.C.
considered this a disaster. In the end, an arrangement of electric lights was devised to correct this situation. The work was unveiled at the memorial's formal
Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)
Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(Lincoln_Memorial)
1963 film by Francis Ford Coppola
realizing that Lady Haloran is emotionally overwrought and superstitious, devises a plan to convince the old woman that Kathleen is trying to communicate
Dementia_13
Military strategy favoring a war of attrition
lines. It may also be adopted when no feasible alternative strategy can be devised. By extension, the term is also applied to other situations in which a
Fabian_strategy
English actor (born 1974)
entirely in Russian; in Thai ballet as Orpheus in Backpacker Orpheus, a play devised entirely from people's experiences in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake;
Enzo_Cilenti
Assignment of sailors to tasks
provided for the 0000 turnover. Various alternative watch schedules have been devised, which are typically referred to as Swedish watches. Although there is
Watchkeeping
French physicist (1933–2026)
Loeb (1 November 2026). "Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Nobel Physicist, Dies; Devised a Way to Catch Atoms". The New York Times. Vol. 176, no. 61055. p. A28
Claude_Cohen-Tannoudji
Dialects of the Punjabi language
within the Northwestern zone. A number of classification schemes have been devised by individual scholars and linguistic institutions regarding the Punjabi
Punjabi_dialects
Statistical measure of reliability
and a measure of the internal consistency of tests and measures. It was devised by the American psychometrician Lee Cronbach. Today it enjoys such wide-spread
Cronbach's_alpha
Fictional character from Alice in Wonderland
The Mock Turtle is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll for his popular 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Its name is taken from a
Mock_Turtle
English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker (1931–1999)
concentrating mainly on the music and "Brickman" on the lyrics. Ian Fraser often devised their arrangements. Despite the fact that such songs as "What Kind of Fool
Anthony_Newley
Folktale of the southern United States
the traditional African griot. The stories are written in an eye dialect devised by Harris to represent a Deep South Black dialect. Uncle Remus is a compilation
Uncle_Remus
History of technical design of modern hydrogen bombs
named for scientists Edward Teller and Stanisław Ulam, who originally devised the concept in January 1951 for the United States nuclear weapons program
History of the Teller–Ulam design
History_of_the_Teller–Ulam_design
Gur language of Burkina Faso
the national Burkinabé alphabet. It can also be written with the newly-devised Goulsse alphabet. Mooré at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) "Proposal to encode
Mooré
German polymath (1646–1716)
of calculus. In addition to his work on calculus, he is credited with devising the modern binary number system which is the basis of modern communications
Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
British reality television series
distributed by Fremantle and broadcast by the BBC since 16 February 2005. Devised after the success of the American original and part of the international
The Apprentice (British TV series)
The_Apprentice_(British_TV_series)
1960 film by René Clément
home. As Tom becomes obsessed with Philippe's luxurious lifestyle, he devises a plan to take over Philippe's life. Purple Noon received positive reviews
Purple_Noon
Keyboard layout used for French
have their own national variation on the layout. The competing layouts devised for French (e.g. the 1907 ZHJAY layout, Arav Dixit's 1976 layout, the 2002
AZERTY
game went open for the 1991–92 season, the ranking point allocations, devised by the WPBSA chairman on the back of a cigarette pack, were altered by
Snooker_world_rankings
American sitcom
go on various misadventures, which usually occur as a result of Kenan devising a scheme to get rich quick or avoid trouble with his elders. These schemes
Kenan_&_Kel
Figure of speech
involves an adjective–noun combination of two words, but they can also be devised in the meaning of sentences or phrases. One classic example of the use
Oxymoron
Optical illusion
midpoint, they tend to place it more towards the "tail" end. The illusion was devised by Franz Carl Müller-Lyer (1857–1916), a German sociologist, in 1889. Research
Müller-Lyer_illusion
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