What's the difference between equipment and materiel?

Equipment


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  • (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
  • (2) Finally the advanced automation of the equipment allowed weekly the evaluation of catecholamines and the whole range of their known metabolites in 36 urine samples.
  • (3) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
  • (4) This suggests that the latter group does not possess the genetic equipment (Ir genes) to recognize the antigenic determinants and to synthesize the corresponding antibodies.
  • (5) Their disadvantages - the expensive equipment and the time-consuming procedure respectively - limit their widespread use.
  • (6) The importance of proper disinfection of such equipment cannot be overemphasized.
  • (7) Of great influence on the results of measurements are preparation and registration (warm-up-time, amplification, closeness of pressure-system, unhurt catheters), factors relating to equipment and methods (air-bubbles in pressure-system, damping by filters, continuous infusion of the micro-catheter, level of zero-pressure), factors which occur during intravital measurement (pressure-drop along the arteria pulmonalis, influence of normal breathing, great intrapleural pressure changes, pressure damping in the catheter by thrombosis and external disturbances) and last not least positive and negative acceleration forces, which influence the diastolic and systolic pulmonary artery pressure.
  • (8) The indication of the DNA probe method would be considered in the four cases as follows, 1. necessity of the special equipment to isolate the pathogen, 2. necessity of the long period to isolate the pathogen, 3. existence of the cross reaction among the pathogen and relative organisms in the immunological procedure, 4. existence of the difficulty to identify the species of the pathogen by the ordinary procedure.
  • (9) Even though there are variations among equipment bearing the same model number it was considered worthwhile to make available relative cavitational and temperature data.
  • (10) The American Red Cross said the aid organisation had already run out of medical supplies, with spokesman Eric Porterfield explaining that the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies available in Haiti had been distributed.
  • (11) The first part of this survey which dealt with equipment for the anterior segment was published in a previous issue of this journal.
  • (12) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
  • (13) It is anomalous that the world is equipped with global funds to finance action on infectious diseases and climate change, but not humanitarian crises.
  • (14) A simple technique is described for producing enhanced radiographs of excised breast specimens with clinical mammographic equipment.
  • (15) Drones and helicopter strikes are not equipped with political night-vision.
  • (16) In addition to the threat of industrial espionage to sustain this position, there is an inherent risk of Chinese equipment being used for intelligence purposes.
  • (17) A planned, induced labor with regional anesthesia and continuous invasive monitoring in a well-equipped medical center provides the safest setting for delivery.
  • (18) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
  • (19) They were granted “extraordinary leave” and left with their military equipment to be captured or killed on the streets of the Chechen capital.
  • (20) At the same time optical and mechanical systems of the Soviet-made sigmoidoscope, model CBO-1, an apparatus equipped with fibrous optical elements for transmission of ligh and image, now in batch production, are described.

Materiel


Definition:

  • (n.) That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bone firmness and risk of fracture depend on factors like bone density, bone structure, elasticity of bone materiel and many others.
  • (2) Since materiel factors in accidents have remained relatively constant, more emphasis must be placed on training and selection of our aircrews and supervisors.
  • (3) The second was the attempts by states - some of them highly unstable and repressive - to develop nuclear weapons programmes, CW and BW materiel, and long-range missiles.
  • (4) The co-existence of both private and public medicine led to different use of materiel (5,500 to 5,800 exams per machine in the public versus 8,600 in the private sector and a higher productivity in the profit-making establishments.
  • (5) Now effectively under joint Anglo-French leadership, the war was a high-risk adventure from the start, long on aspiration and desperately short on clear tactical aims, planning and materiel.
  • (6) UN sanctions state that members shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of all arms and materiel to North Korea, including related spare parts but excluding small arms and light weapons.
  • (7) The project is now managed by the AWD Alliance - a consortium involving the Defence Materiel Organisation, ASC and Raytheon Australia.
  • (8) An ICD committee composed of staff from the pharmacy, nursing, bioinstrumentation, and materiel management departments was created to identify and solve problems with the existing system of ICD management.
  • (9) Clinical and radiological signs are: 1) Impossible elbow extension against gravity, 2) Flecks of avulsed osseous materiel from the olecranon on lateral elbow radiograph.
  • (10) The three-hour display of some of the men and materiel of Pakistan’s lavishly resourced military included representatives of all three services, fly pasts by screeching fighter jets and processions of missile launchers and tanks.
  • (11) The White House press office issued a statement that did not directly blame the Russian side in the conflict but said: "While we do not yet have all the facts, we do know that this incident occurred in the context of a crisis in Ukraine that is fuelled by Russian support for the separatists, including through arms, materiel and training."
  • (12) The Hon Mal Brough MP and I have agreed that he will stand aside as special minister of state and minister for defence materiel and science pending the completion of inquiries by the police,” a statement by the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull , said.
  • (13) • A senior US official has said that Russian forces “now have complete operational control of the Crimean Peninsula.” The same official also estimated that 6,000 Russian forces “with considerable materiel” were in the region and were flying in reinforcements.
  • (14) Sudden in-flight incapacitation caused by these increased +Gz forces could be disastrous with loss of materiel and human life.
  • (15) Having backed Turnbull’s challenge against Tony Abbott’s leadership in September, Brough was elevated to the position of special minister of state and was also appointed as the minister for defence materiel and science.
  • (16) In our "in vitro" binding conditions progabide itself was virtually ineffective (IC50 greater than 100 microM) so only RRA active materiel plasma concentrations were studied.
  • (17) the upper respiratory tract mucosa and knowing the physiopathological importance of the muco ciliary complex in preventing dust, microbs and other particulate foreign materiel to penetrate the epithelium, the therapeutic importance of such a simple non toxic and unharmful chemical compound must be stressed.
  • (18) A section is included on the relationship between nursing and the materiel management department, its main collaborator in product evaluation.
  • (19) Perhaps the first sign of real Iranian involvement will come when protesters look across the Gulf for materiel to fight off the government and foreign forces.
  • (20) Dannatt offered to speak to Bernard Gray, the civilian chief of defence materiel.