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ma·té·ri·el    Audio Help   [muh-teer-ee-el] Pronunciation Key
–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    Audio Help   (mə-tîr'ē-ěl')  Pronunciation Key 
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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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.

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materiel

noun
equipment and supplies of a military force 

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