control device

collocation in English

meaningsofcontrolanddevice

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control
noun
uk
/kənˈtrəʊl/us
/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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device
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈvaɪs/us
/dɪˈvaɪs/
an object or machine that has been invented for a ...
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(Definition ofcontrolanddevicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Electrical signals from the brain can be transmitted to a computer and a remotecontroldevice.
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The latter configuration might represent a honeycomb-type turbulencecontroldevice.
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Reset shall be achieved by the provision of local push-buttons incorporated into each outputcontroldevice.
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He imagined acontroldevicemade from a battery of turntables which he could steer at will.
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The ramp, also called a 'wedge' in the literature, has seen use as a boundary-layercontroldevice.
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In the case of bilingual speakers, one function of thecontroldeviceis to permit different language tasks to be performed.
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If dualism is true, the person's relation to his body is similar to the relationship between the operator of a remotecontroldeviceand the controlled device.
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Is any automatic traincontroldeviceavailable that could give audible warning of excessive speed?
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Nevertheless, the springcentred joystick emulation strategies implemented with spring-less devices for wheelchair control have shown their feasibility, both with the devices mentioned above and with a headrestcontroldevice.
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Initial clinical experience with moderate deep-inspiration breath hold using an active breathingcontroldevicein the treatment of patients with left-sided breast cancer using external beam radiation therapy.
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Any third party accesscontroldevice.
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The aliens guided him with a mindcontroldevice.
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The "ramener" was still used as acontroldevice.
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Baghouses are used as the final particulatecontroldevice.
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The explosives were triggered by a remotecontroldevice.
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In the future the miner should be a white-collared technician who works a push-buttoncontroldeviceand earns more money for less human effort.
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Prototype development and consumer testing was conducted to develop a newcontroldevice.
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His abilitycontroldeviceis the earring he has in his left ear.
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This is often a radiocontroldevice, cable between control and vehicle, or an infrared controller.
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An automatic voltagecontroldevicecontrols the field current to keep output voltage constant.
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Mulder believes that the mindcontroldeviceturns people's fears into dementia.
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It consists of a sensor, a transmission path, and a display, recording, orcontroldevice.
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