English > instrumentality: 3 senses > noun 3, artifact| Meaning | An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. |
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| Synonym | instrumentation |
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| Narrower | ceramic | An artifact made of hard brittle / brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures |
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| connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective | An instrumentality that connects |
| container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
| conveyance, transport | Something that serves as a means of transportation |
| device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| equipment | An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
| furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home / home / home (or other area) livable |
| hardware, ironware | instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal |
| implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
| means | An instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
| medium | A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
| system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity |
| toiletry, toilet articles | artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) |
| weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition | weapons considered collectively |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
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| Spanish | instrumental, instrumento, utillaje |
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| Catalan | instrumental, utillatge |
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| Adjectives | instrumental | serving or acting as a means or aid |
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