instrumentation
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- noun
- /ˌɪnstrəmenˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The laboratory invested in advanced instrumentation to improve the accuracy of its experiments.
- laboratory instrumentation
- instrumentation and testing
- procedures and instrumentation
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Watch on YouTubeHow do you actually do that without modern instrumentation?
- How do you actually do that without modern instrumentation?
- And when the time comes for you, you'll be able to trust the instrumentation too.
- And So what we want to do next is go back with instrumentation that is far better than that which was carried by Cassini.
- It has chapters on all of the instrumentation and a lot of the techniques that you'll be actually using in the course.
Examples
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As previously stated, the quality of the data set depends on both the instrumentation and procedures.
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After completion of medical screening and informed consent procedures, subjects were oriented to the instrumentation and experimental protocol.
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So it's really a step forward into new generation of instrumentation and equipment.
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If it's medical instrumentation outside of the US, not a big problem.
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Some details and a summary of the instrumentation are given in the table at right.
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We must have improved instrumentation, improved overall environmental monitoring, and more trained personnel.
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Now, our instrumentation and cabin data systems are temporally out of service.
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A great deal of sophisticated instrumentation is available for such spectroscopy.
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Methods, procedures, and instrumentation must continue to be evaluated and developed to support RTI models of service delivery.
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It has chapters on all of the instrumentation and a lot of the techniques that you'll be actually using in the course.
Synonyms
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A machine or tool made to do a particular job
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Tools and machines needed for a particular activity
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A thing you hold to do a job, like a hammer
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A set of machines or tools made to do a particular job
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A tool used for a specific job, like in a kitchen or on a farm
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Machines and tools that check how something works and measure it
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A set of tools and ways doctors use to find and treat illness
How Instrumented
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Surface Forms
Morphology
instrumentation = instrument (semi-transparent) = instrument + ation
The connection to 'instrument' is clear, but the collective/equipment sense is a specialized nominalization rather than a fully compositional everyday meaning.
Etymology
Instrumentation comes from instrument, which means 'tool' or 'device', and the ending -ation that makes a noun. So instrumentation often refers to the actual tools and equipment people use in science, medicine, or technology.