Developed in 1936 by the British mathematician Alan Turing, the conceptual device used a mechanism that worked with two strips of paper divided into cells.

A thermodynamic operation is a theoretical conceptual device for the expression of reasoning about systems and processes in thermodynamics.

This conceptual device was introduced into thermodynamics mainly in the work of Carathéodory, and has been widely used since then.

Nature is not an independent player, it is a conceptual device describing the DM's attitude towards uncertainty and risk.

The term has also been used as a conceptual device by left-wing academics.

Companies can also unveil conceptual devices that may still be a few years away from mass production.

The separation of strategies into generic versions is a useful conceptual device, even if such strategies become intertwined in practice.

Bourdieu is best known for his theoretical principles, conceptual devices and political intentions.

This means, therefore, that we must develop a conceptual and analytical device that allows us to assess our own instruments.

A nano brain is a conceptual device with massively parallel computational abilities, following the information processing principles of the human brain.