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instrumentality |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Instrumentality \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: instrumentality n 1: 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" 2: the quality of being instrumental for some purpose 3: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end [syn: {instrumentation}]
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