instrument
187
3.6
- noun
- /ˈɪnstrəmənt/
:
instrumento
- The lead line was one of the first and most important instruments used in early marine transportation.
- use instruments
- assessment instrument
- survey instrument
Find your family, Make your own instrument, something to be proud of.
- Find your family, Make your own instrument, something to be proud of.
- But this whole huge instrument has to be in vacuum.
- If you can also engineer and play instruments, that is huge.
- Specifically, I work on one of the four science instruments on board JWST.
- And sometimes they require what Aristotle calls instruments or or tools.
- And I would trust instruments recording these events.
- Like are you attached to certain instruments or certain technology?
- Miri is what's known as an Integral Field Unit instrument, an IFU.
- Does this talent involve a an instrument of some kind?
- We took that instrument and it was fast.
- I would maybe suggest just give up the instruments and talk less.
- So they've got none of the instruments to move ahead.
Examples
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Specifically, I work on one of the four science instruments on board JWST.
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The MSLQ was found to be a reliable instrument for the sample being studied.
Academic text (2008) -
Ah, to answer your question, the only instrument I have is a clock.
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Well, people have constructed an instrument that seems to work pretty well.
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These are the various instruments that were put on it.
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Yet school music programs rarely offer high levels of instrument study to young students.
Academic text (2011) -
Research shows the significance of these assessment instruments for improving teachers' and students' performance.
Academic text (2008) -
In what follows, I focus primarily on Foucault's discussion of these instruments as deployed in education.
Academic text (2017) -
The instructor should use the assessment instrument to evaluate the drawings and typed paper.
Academic text (2008) -
The scientist used a powerful instrument to measure the temperature of the stars.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
A machine or tool made to do a particular job
∞
1.9
Tools and machines needed for a particular activity
∞
1.1
A thing you hold to do a job, like a hammer
45
6.1
A set of machines or tools made to do a particular job
4
3.6
Tool like a microscope used to study or measure things
3
3.8
A tool a surgeon uses during an operation to cut, hold, or move body tissue
2
3.0
A tool that shows how big, heavy, or hot something is
2
3.9
A tool doctors use to check, treat, or operate on patients
1
3.1
A tool that measures things like size or weight
Compounds
5
3.9
A flat panel with dials and lights that shows condition and helps control a vehicle or machine
- Specialized
4
2.9
A musical instrument that makes sound when its strings are played, like a guitar or violin
- Specialized
3
3.8
A tool a surgeon uses during an operation to cut, hold, or move body tissue
- Specialized
1
6.1
A document or digital record, like a bond, that shows someone owes money and when they must pay it back
1
3.1
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
- Specialized
1
3.4
A musical instrument played by blowing and making your lips buzz on a metal mouthpiece, like a trumpet or trombone
- Specialized
1
6.2
To land a plane using only instruments when the pilot cannot see the runway
- Specialized
1
4.1
A tool that shows you direction or position to help you find your way, for example a compass
- Specialized
1
8.0
A written paper that promises payment of a certain amount to a named person or the holder when due
1
4.1
An instrument that makes sound when a reed vibrates, like a clarinet or saxophone
- Specialized
1
4.1
A device with lenses or mirrors that helps you see things clearly
- Specialized
1
5.1
A tool that measures distance, angles, and height to map land
1
3.6
A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe
A musical instrument that makes sound when a thin piece of wood or cane vibrates as you blow
- Specialized
A legal document that businesses use to make or record payments
- Specialized
A financial product whose value comes from something like a stock or bond
- Specialized
A musical instrument that makes sound with two reeds, like an oboe or bassoon
A device that makes musical sounds using electricity, like a synthesizer or keyboard
- Formal
The act of signing a legal document so it becomes legally binding
- Specialized
A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica
- Specialized
A way for electronic instruments and computers to send musical data to each other
- Specialized
To fly a plane using only instruments without seeing the ground or horizon
A musical instrument you play by hitting, shaking, or scraping, like a drum
- Specialized
A device that measures and maps land, buildings, or boundaries
- Specialized
A device that measures the time difference between two events very precisely
- Archaic
A telescope set east–west to record the exact time a star crosses the north–south line in the sky
A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed
How Specialized
4
3.6
45
6.1
187
3.6
∞
2.1
5
1.8
3
6.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Instrument comes from the Latin instrumentum, from instruere meaning 'to equip' or 'prepare', like in the word instruct. So an instrument is a tool or device made for a particular job that needs skill to use.