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Equipment - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Equipment : (noun)
1: an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a
service
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Equipment : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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