1. instrumentality(n = noun.group) Array - 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"
is a kind of social unit, unit
is a part of government department
2. instrumentality(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of being instrumental for some purpose; Array
is a kind of usefulness, utility
Derived form adjective instrumental2
3. instrumentality(n = noun.artifact) instrumentation - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end; Array
is a kind of artefact, artifact
has particulars: ceramic, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion, container, conveyance, transport, device, equipment, furnishing, hardware, ironware, implement, means, system, toilet articles, toiletry, arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system, medium
Derived form adjective instrumental2
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. [1913 Webster]
"The instrumentality of faith in justification." [1913 Webster]
"The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense in a new instrumentality." [1913 Webster]
N instrumentality, aid, subservience, subserviency, mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand, agency, minister, handmaid, midwife, accoucheur, accoucheuse, obstetrician, gobetween, cat's-paw, stepping-stone, opener, key, master key, passkey, latchkey, open sesame, passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password, instrument, expedient, means, instrumental, useful, ministerial, subservient, mediatorial, intermediate, intervening, conducive, through, by, per, whereby, thereby, hereby, by the agency of, by dint of, by virtue of, in virtue of, through the medium of, along with, on the shoulders of, by means of, by the aid of, with the aid of, per fas et nefas, by fair means or foul, somehow, somehow or other, by hook or by crook.
N agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play, interworking, interaction, procurement, causation, instrumentality, influence, action, modus operandi, quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power, home stroke, operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual, at work, on foot, acting, in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise, acted upon, wrought upon, by the agency of through, by means of, I myself must mix with action lest I wither by des.