01 n. Those objects in a complex system which constitute the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; for e…
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Those objects in a complex system which constitute the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; for example, the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers; -- used in a collective sense.
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The arms, munitions, baggage, equipment, provisions, etc., of an army.(Military)