Meaning of INSTRUMENTALITY
| Pronunciation: | | `instrumen'talitee
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- [n] an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
- [n] the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
- [n] a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose; "are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"; "he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement"
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| | Synonyms: | | instrumentation |
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| | See Also: | | arms, artefact, artifact, ceramic, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion, container, conveyance, device, equipment, furnishings, government department, hardware, implement, implements of war, ironware, means, munition, social unit, system, toilet article, toiletries, toiletry, transport, unit, usefulness, utility, weaponry, weapons system | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`stru*men*tal"i*ty\, n.; pl.
{Instrumentalities}.
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is
instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
The instrumentality of faith in justification. --Bp.
Burnet.
The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of
attack and defense in a new instrumentality. --J. H.
Newman.
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| | Related Terms: | | agency, agent, channel, device, energy, expedient, force, going between, instrument, instrumentation, intermediation, machinery, mean, mechanism, mediation, medium, might, ministry, organ, power, recourse, resort, service, vehicle |
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