 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
instrumentality
noun
1: 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"
2: the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
3: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in
accomplishing some end [syn: {instrumentation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Instrumentality \In'stru*men*tal"i*ty\, noun; pl.
{Instrumentalities}.
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is
instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
The instrumentality of faith in justification. --Bp.
Burnet.
The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of
attack and defense in a new instrumentality. --J. H.
Newman.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "instrumentality":
agency, agent, channel, device, energy, expedient, force,
going between, instrument, instrumentation, intermediation,
machinery, mean, mechanism, mediation, medium, might, ministry,
organ, power, recourse, resort, service, vehicle
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