ordnance

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First one thing and then another was taken out of his hands--ordnance, munitions, war plans.

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  1. noun Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
  2. noun The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
  3. noun Cannon; artillery.

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  • Embedded electronics in applications such as missile, ordnance, and aircraft platforms continue to require additional processing and performance power without an increase in electronic component volume. —  Embedded Computing Design
  • Such a capability would be free of warplanes 'main drawbacks -- limits on fuel and ordnance, and perils to pilots.
  • Such a capability would be free of warplanes 'main drawbacks - limits on fuel and ordnance, and perils to pilots. —  Signs of the Times
  • Its support organization allows it to operate, unsupported, for 90 days of supplies and repair parts are normally provided aboard amphibious shipping, except for aviation ordnance, which is constrained to 15 days due to limits of amphibious shipping explosive material storage capabilities. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Perhaps the opposite table will give a fair idea of the changes in English ordnance during the eighteenth century. —  Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
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  1. Middle English ordnaunce, variant of ordinaunce, order, military provision; see ordinance.

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  1. An old form of ordinance: see ordinance, 5. Cf. ordonnance.
 

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/ˈɔrdnəns/
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