· 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"
Hypernym(s): unit, social_unit
· the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
Hypernym(s): utility, usefulness
· an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
Synonym(s): instrumentation
Hypernym(s): artifact, artefact