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Instrument
Definitions
- 1 A device used to produce music.
"The violinist was a master of her instrument."
- 2 the means whereby some act is accomplished wordnet
- 3 A means or agency for achieving an effect.
"“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”"
- 4 a device that requires skill for proper use wordnet
- 5 A measuring or displaying device.
"The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity."
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- 6 any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds wordnet
- 7 A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
"The dentist set down his tray of instruments."
- 8 the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process wordnet
- 9 A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.; Ellipsis of flight instrument. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural-normally
"Flight within clouds must be made by reference to your instruments."
- 10 (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right wordnet
- 11 A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
"A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value."
- 12 a person used by another to gain an end wordnet
- 13 A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal. figuratively
"Or useful serving man and instrument, / To any sovereign state."
- 1 To apply measuring devices. transitive
"an instrumented test article"
- 2 address a legal document to wordnet
- 3 To devise, conceive, cook up, plan. transitive
"When the Lit. Mongers deign to notice his work, they dismiss him as a "cult writer," another of their standard ploys. Purdy, not really bitter at the instrumented silence and sneers of the bookchat legions, […]"
- 4 write an instrumental score for wordnet
- 5 To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
"a sonata instrumented for orchestra"
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- 6 equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
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