(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.
Outfitter
Definition:
(n.) One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
Example Sentences:
(1) He would walk into the room and say, ‘I like this and that.’ It was a team effort, but definitely he was the headmaster.” Nautical but nice: Ralph Lauren unveils latest collection in New York Read more In the early 60s, Lauren worked for the Manhattan men’s outfitter Brooks Brothers behind the tie counter.
(2) Though I was pleased they chose a traditional gentlemen's outfitter to ransack.
(3) Visitors can rent a canoe from Thorncrest Outfitters in Tobermory, test their mettle by boulder-climbing in more remote spots, or scramble through caves along the lakeshores.
(4) They covered their faces, and used litter bins, poles and bricks to smash the facades of an Urban Outfitters, a branch of Scotia Bank and an Adidas store.
(5) Urban Outfitters, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based company that operates roughly 200 locations for stores under its own name and Anthropologie, said that despite sales declines in the single figures, it still planned to open 15 new stores in North America this year.
(6) Tom Briggs, of Sheffield-based expedition outfitter Jagged Globe, said the unusual conditions had not caused the latest deaths.
(7) How very Ralph.” Potted profile Born: October 1939 , Bronx, New York Career: After a spell in the US army, Lauren worked for the men’s outfitter Brooks Brothers as a tie salesman.
(8) But fellow apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters jumped 9.3% to $16.20 after better-than-expected fourth quarter sales.
(9) Dune buggy rentals are available from several outfitters in North Bend.
(10) The standard of the former American confederacy – the battle flag of a long-ago bloody, racial conflict between the states, and a more recent ideological conflict – stood waving deep in enemy territory, surrounded by modernity: in downtown Columbia, verandas and parlors long ago gave way to hipster clothing shops, to kayaking outfitters, to Starbucks.
(11) All under one roof: how malls and cities are becoming indistinguishable Read more Earlier in the month, Richard Hayne, chief executive officer of Urban Outfitters, equated the woes facing retail in 2017 to the housing market of 2008.
(12) Guides and outfitters can lead the less experienced.
(13) West and east Indian trade founded merchant dynasties, but also created a hinterland of ship builders, outfitters, victuallers, warehousemen, carriers and wholesalers.
(14) He calls people “mate”, and likes to wear open-necked shirts, and boots by the renowned old “outback outfitter” RM Williams.
(15) Back in a minute, I'm off to Urban Outfitters to turn in my skinny black jeans.
(16) Foreboding rapid names such as Vengeance and the Bad Place allude to the kind of head-dunking, body-buffeting exhilaration that awaits, though fierce competition between outfitters has helped to ensure that safety levels are high.
(17) His mother worked as a shopgirl at the Co-op, his father was a gentleman's outfitter who had aspirations to be an actor, but who ended up enrolling as a policeman.
(18) The retailer said on Friday it had received approval from Delaware bankruptcy court to buy 50 stores trading as Bob’s Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports through the bankruptcy process of Eastern Outfitters, the chains’ parent company.
(19) Top tip: Get the full Rogue experience in one swoop with a rafting-supported-backpacking trip, offered by several area outfitters: rafts transport camping gear downstream and offer tired hikers a chance to float down the river.
(20) David T Abercrombie opened Abercrombie Co in Manhattan in 1892 as a gentleman's outfitters and outdoorsmen's shop; one of his customers, wealthy lawyer Edzard Fitch, bought into the company and it was relaunched as Abercrombie & Fitch in 1904.