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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] wepen, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wǣpen; akin to Old High German wāffan weapon, Old Norse vāpn | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] wepen, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wǣpen; akin to Old High German wāffan weapon, Old Norse vāpn |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to [[injure]], defeat, or destroy | | *1: something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to [[injure]], defeat, or destroy |
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| A '''weapon''' is a [[tool]] used with the aim of causing damage or harm (either [[physical]] or [[mental]]) to living [[beings]] or [[artificial]] [[structures]] or [[systems]]. In [[human]] [[society]] weapons are used to increase the efficacy and [[efficiency]] of tasks such as [[hunting]], fighting, the committing of [[criminal]] [[acts]], the preserving of [[law]] and order, and the waging of [[war]]. | | A '''weapon''' is a [[tool]] used with the aim of causing damage or harm (either [[physical]] or [[mental]]) to living [[beings]] or [[artificial]] [[structures]] or [[systems]]. In [[human]] [[society]] weapons are used to increase the efficacy and [[efficiency]] of tasks such as [[hunting]], fighting, the committing of [[criminal]] [[acts]], the preserving of [[law]] and order, and the waging of [[war]]. |
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− | Weapons are employed [[individually]] or [[collectively]]. A weapon can be either expressly [[designed]] as such or an item. re-[[purposed]] through use (for example, hitting someone with a hammer), their form can range from [[simple]] implements such as clubs through to complicated [[modern]] implementations such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile intercontinental ballistic missiles] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare biological weapons]. Weapon [[development]] has [[progressed]] from early wood or stone clubs through revolutions in metalworking (swords, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace maces], etc.) and gunpowder (guns, cannon), [[electronic]]s and nuclear [[technology]]. | + | Weapons are employed [[individually]] or [[collectively]]. A weapon can be either expressly [[designed]] as such or an item. re-[[purposed]] through use (for example, hitting someone with a hammer), their form can range from [[simple]] implements such as clubs through to complicated [[modern]] implementations such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile intercontinental ballistic missiles] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare biological weapons]. Weapon [[development]] has [[progressed]] from early wood or stone clubs through revolutions in metalworking (swords, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace maces], etc.) and gunpowder (guns, cannon), [[electronic]]s and nuclear [[technology]]. |
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− | In a broader [[context]], weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a [[strategic]], [[material]] or mental [[advantage]] over an adversary on [[land]], [[sea]], [[air]], or even outer space.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon] | + | In a broader [[context]], weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a [[strategic]], [[material]] or mental [[advantage]] over an adversary on [[land]], [[sea]], [[air]], or even outer space.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon] |
| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| *'''''[[Armor]]''''' | | *'''''[[Armor]]''''' |
| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |