equipment
NounUS[ih-kwip-muhnt]/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/3 syllables
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Noun (1)
- an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a serviceType of instrumentality, instrumentationKinds apparatus, material, satellite, recorder, gear, electronic equipment, freeze-dryer, cooling system, fuel system, sports equipment +14 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
E·quip′ment noun
Origin: Cf. F. équipement. See Equip.
1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Edmund Burke
The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.— David 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.— Henry W. Longfellow
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54