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According to The Free Dictionary, "ordnance" is a syncopated version of "ordinance". https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ordnance https://www.thefreedictionary.c
by gnode 8y ago
According to The Free Dictionary, "ordnance" is a syncopated version of "ordinance".
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ordnance https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ordnance
Also: https://www.etymonline.com/word/ordnance https://www.etymonline.com/word/ordnance
"Ordnance" seems to be the more conventional spelling for this meaning, but I'm not sure that makes it uniquely correct. Linguistics isn't an exact science.
- Koshkin 8y agoSome of it is [0]. This fact is ever more important in the age of AI. [0] http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli/courses/readers/K54.pdf http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli/courses/readers/K54.pdf
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- oldcynic 8y agoNot any more. :) They were variant spellings way back in Middle English (roughly Norman conquest to 1500) when they split off from the French root. Ordnance now means of military, guns and armaments (cf Ordnance Survey) Ordinance means an order or religious rite (and apparently bylaw in the US) https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordinance https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordinance https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordnance https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordnance