1. 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" 
2. The quality of being instrumental for some purpose 
3. An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
   - instrumentation

Derived forms: instrumentalities

See also: instrumental

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], social unit, unit, usefulness, utility

Part of: government department

Encyclopedia: Instrumentality

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