equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a serviceautomation - equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation; "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment" electrical system - equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) fuel system - equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine life support, life-support system - medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive; "the patient is on life support" life support, life-support system - equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems" material - things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" stock-in-trade - any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation; "friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade" |