equipment
Origin of equipment
1Other words for equipment
Other words from equipment
- pre·e·quip·ment, noun
- re·e·quip·ment, noun
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Like many countries around the world, Brazil has steadily been increasing both the amount of, and use of, surveillance equipment.
Podcast: COVID-19 is helping turn Brazil into a surveillance state | Anthony Green | September 16, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewI parked at the far end of the valley as usual, pulled up all the traps, cleaned them in the stream, and packed the last of the equipment into the van.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes) | Kenneth Catania | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDrone-mounted equipment measured heat and radiation differences in the ground to detect buried structures.
Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture | Bruce Bower | September 10, 2020 | Science NewsFor this year’s trip, with six people for five nights, I took six tubs, with the upper half of the second food pack reserved for bulkier equipment, like a big cooking pot.
How (and Why) to Execute the Perfect Canoe Portage | Alex Hutchinson | September 9, 2020 | Outside OnlinePG&E, which filed for bankruptcy last year after its equipment sparked deadly wildfires, warned the precautionary shutoffs could impact portions of 22 counties from late Monday through Wednesday, including in the Sierra foothills and North Bay.
California faces widespread power cuts after weeks of destructive wildfires | kdunn6 | September 8, 2020 | Fortune
Another member of the plot took care of the ammo along with black uniforms, night-vision equipment, and body armor.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country | Jacob Siegel | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAs for the search, which will soon resume, Soelisto confessed that “the capability of our equipment is not optimum.”
Production expenses: equipment rental, lights, lighting board, van rental, trailer rental, road cases, backline.
When [lawmakers] looked at it holistically, did they want to take away equipment and technology from front-line security?
SWAT Lobby Shoots to Kill Police Reform After Ferguson | Tim Mak | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIntroduced in December 1979, Asteroids quickly became standard equipment in bars, arcades, and airports all over the country.
Although a capable specialist, as regards general culture and intelligence Ilia Petrovich had only a mediocre equipment.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyTurner was an artist of the rarest and most generous equipment, and he had to do what he did, and never reasoned why he did it.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperEven if you elect to be the leader of fashion in San Francisco, your equipment need not be of unadulterated steel.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe Confederates lacked equipment, especially cannon, and were quickly overpowered by artillery fire.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe periscope is the one part of the submarine scout equipment that is open to vision from the surface.
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British Dictionary definitions for equipment
/ (ɪˈkwɪpmənt) /
an act or instance of equipping
the items so provided
a set of tools, devices, kit, etc, assembled for a specific purpose, such as a soldier's kit and weapons
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