instrument
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strə noun
1.
a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
2.
a contrivance or apparatus for producing musical sounds: a stringed instrument.
3.
a means by which something is effected or done; agency: an instrument of government.
4.
a device for measuring the present value of a quantity under observation.
5.
a mechanical or electronic measuring device, especially one used in navigation: landing a plane by instruments.
verb (used with object)
8.
to equip with instruments, as a machine or manufacturing process: to instrument a space vehicle.
9.
to arrange a composition for musical instruments; orchestrate.
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| instrument | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mechanical implement or tool, esp one used for precision work: surgical instrument |
| 2. | music any of various contrivances or mechanisms that can be played to produce musical tones or sounds |
| 3. | an important factor or agency in something: her evidence was an instrument in his arrest |
| 4. | informal a person used by another to gain an end; dupe; tool |
| 5. | a measuring device, such as a pressure gauge or ammeter |
| 6. | a. a device or system for use in navigation or control, esp of aircraft |
| b. (as modifier): instrument landing | |
| 7. | a formal legal document |
| —vb | |
| 8. | another word for orchestrate |
| 9. | to equip with instruments |
| [C13: from Latin instrūmentum tool, equipment, from instruere to erect, furnish; see | |
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Word Origin & History
instrument
late 13c., "musical instrument," from O.Fr. instrument, from L. instrumentem "a tool, apparatus, furniture, dress, document," from instruere "arrange, furnish" (see instruct). Broader sense of "that which is used as an agent in an performance" is from mid-14c. Instrumental
"musical composition for instruments without vocals" is from 1940.
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Medical Dictionary
instrument in·stru·ment (ĭn'strə-mənt)
n.
A tool or implement, as for surgery.
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Computing Dictionary
instrument definition
programmingTo install devices or instructions into hardware or software to monitor the operation of a system or component.
(1996-05-22)
Example sentences
It also means creating a debt instrument that investors can believe in.
Means, instrument, or agent of an action or process: adornment.
Feathers did, of course, eventually become an instrument of flight.
Most may never visit the instrument their data is coming from, even if it's a ground-based scope.
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