📖 Definitions of "Instrument"
noun
- 1
A device used to produce music.
"The violinist was a master of her instrument."
- 2
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- 3
A measuring or displaying device.
"The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity."
- 4
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
"The dentist set down his tray of instruments."
verb
- 1
To apply measuring devices.
- 2
To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
- 3
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
"a sonata instrumented for orchestra"
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