Instrumentality
WordNet
noun
(1) An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
(2) The quality of being instrumental for some purpose
(3) A subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
"Are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"
"He studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The quality or condition of being instrumental; serving a purpose, being useful.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 294:
- In a later vision the Saviour revealed to her in detail the ‘great design’ which he wished to establish through her instrumentality.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 294:
- A governmental organ with a specific purpose.
- 1994, Title 17 of the United States Code, §104A(a)(1)(B):
- Any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof, is not a restored work.
- 1994, Title 17 of the United States Code, §104A(a)(1)(B):
- Something that is instrumental
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