(DoD) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: a. possessing like and interchangeable characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained, by personnel trained on the others without additional specialized training; b. having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; and c. applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). commonality. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/commonality/definitions/1960935 |
| Chicago | Military Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "commonality" http://smartdefine.org/commonality/definitions/1960935 (accessed September 21, 2026). |
| Harvard | Military Dictionary (DoD) 2011, commonality, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/commonality/definitions/1960935>. |
| MLA | Military Dictionary (DoD). "commonality" 4 April 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/commonality/definitions/1960935> |