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Instrumentation

The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

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Narrower term 19

Arms 76% connected

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

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Ceramic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Equipment 76% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

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Furnishing 76% connected

of Furnish

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Hardware 76% connected

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

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Implement 76% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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Ironware 76% connected

Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.

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Medium 76% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Munition 76% connected

Fortification; stronghold.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Weaponry 76% connected

Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Arranging 76% connected

of Arrange

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Effectuation 76% connected

Act of effectuating.

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Implementation 76% connected

Turning a plan or policy into actual practice.

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Transcription 76% connected

The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

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Instrument 74% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Instrument 74% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Instrumentality 92% connected

The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

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Orchestration 92% connected

The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.

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