supplies, necessary items, tools or other objects for completing a task
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Equipment Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Equipment Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
equipment
\e*quip"ment\ (?), n. [cf. f. équipement. see equip.]
1. the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. the equipment of the fleet was hastened by de witt. ume.
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.
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Noun
1. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
(hypernym) instrumentality, instrumentation
(hyponym) apparatus, setup
(derivation) equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Equipment Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Maintains and repairs cargo handling equipment and also cargo with special handling characteristics.
Equipment Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
In logistics, all nonexpendable items needed to outfit or equip an individual or organization. See also assembly; component; subassembly; supplies.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Equipment Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Equipment Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A tool is any item that can be used to achieve a goal, especially one that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such as Instrument, Utensil, Implement, Machine, or Apparatus. The set of tools needed to achieve a goal is equipment. The knowledge of constructing, obtaining and using tools is technology.
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Equipment Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Material resources necessary to facilitate the transport and handling of cargo. Transport equipment does under the given circumstances not have the ability to move by its own propulsion (e.g. sea container, trailer, unit load device, pallet).
Maintains and repairs cargo handling equipment and also cargo with special handling characteristics.
Anything that is used by a player or is carried or worn. His ball in play is not included
Equipment Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
tanovau-tukh (gear); mishitra (machinery)
n. 'aH - paraphernalia
n. luch - gear
n. luch - gear
