armament
pronunciation
How to pronounce armament in British English:
UK [ˈɑːməmənt]
How to pronounce armament in American English:
US [ˈɑːrməmənt]
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- Noun:
- weaponry used by military or naval force
- the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
Word Origin
- armament (n.)
- c. 1600, "munitions of war" (especially the great guns on board a man-of-war), also "naval force equipped for war" (1690s), from Latin armamentum "implement," from Latin armare "to arm, furnish with weapons" from arma (see arm (n.2)). Meaning "process of equipping for war" is from 1813.
Example
- 1. Dalian naval academy standardizes its armament software management .
- 2. A limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country .
- 3. When macarthur 's strategic blunders brought china into the war , the americans , overwhelmingly superior in technology , armament and logistics , were routed .
- 4. First post-doctoral scientific research mobile station in military logistics and military armament established .
- 5. On some principles of development of system of arms and substantiation of state armament program .