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Indeed. And seemingly animate as well, since it "is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices." Would've thought that was the folks making and using them, but hey, I'm not the one wearing the turtlenecks.

(And yes, I own an iPad. But probably not the one that is going around defining things. Other than words. With a dictionary app.)



It's an absolutely acceptable use of the verb "define." There's nothing about it that requires an animate subject.




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