deviceとは何か。

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Middle English, from Old French devis, division, wish, and Old French devise, design, both from Latin divisus, divisa, past participle of dividere, to divide, separate ;

  • see divide
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divido -videre -visi -visum

  • (1) [to divide up , separate into parts]; esp. [to divide among persons, distribute, allot]; polit., 'sententiam', [to divide a resolution into parts so that each part can be voted on]; in music, [to accompany].
  • (2) [to separate from one another, to distinguish; to set off, adorn]. Hence partic. divisus -a -um, [separate].
http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=divi&ending=dere

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  • 手元存在: 
    あるいは 道具は如何にして道具になるか