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materiel

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ma⋅té⋅ri⋅el

[muh-teer-ee-el]
–noun
1. the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel ).
2. Military. arms, ammunition, and equipment in general.
Also, ma⋅te⋅ri⋅el.


Origin:
1805–15; < F; see material
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ma·te·ri·el or ma·té·ri·el   (mə-tîr'ē-ěl')   
n.  The equipment, apparatus, and supplies of a military force or other organization. See Synonyms at equipment.

[French matériel, consisting of matter, materiel, from Old French material; see material.]
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Word Origin & History

materiel 
1814, from Fr. matériel "material," from O.Fr. materiel (adj.), from L. materialis "of matter," from materia "substance" (see matter). A later borrowing of the same word that became material.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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