Meaning of EQUIPMENT
| Pronunciation: | | i'kwipmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
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| | See Also: | | apparatus, appurtenances, artificial satellite, automation, cooling system, electrical system, electronic equipment, engine cooling system, equipage, fuel system, game equipment, gear, instrumentality, instrumentation, life support, life-support system, material, materiel, naval equipment, orbiter, paraphernalia, photographic equipment, radiotherapy equipment, recorder, recording equipment, recording machine, rescue equipment, robotics equipment, satellite, setup, sporting goods, sports equipment, stock-in-trade, teaching aid, test equipment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*quip"ment\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]quipement. See {Equip}.]
1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as
for a voyage or expedition. --Burke.
The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
--Hume.
2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an
expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the
articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad
equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on
business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval
equipments; laboratory equipments.
Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.
--Longfellow.
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