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    [ˈinstrəmənt]
    noun
    instrument (noun) · instruments (plural noun) · musical instrument (noun) · musical instruments (plural noun) · musicals instrument (plural noun)
    1. a tool or implement, especially one for delicate or scientific work:
      "a surgical instrument" · "writing instruments"
      • a thing used in pursuing an aim or policy; a means:
        "drama as an instrument of learning"
      • a person who is exploited or made use of:
        "he was a mere instrument acting under coercion"
    2. a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc. of something, especially a motor vehicle or aircraft:
      "a new instrument for measuring ozone levels" · "myriad instruments and switches"
    3. an object or device for producing musical sounds:
      "a percussion instrument"
    4. a formal document, especially a legal one:
      "execution involves signature and unconditional delivery of the instrument"
    verb
    instrument (verb) · instruments (third person present) · instrumented (past tense) · instrumented (past participle) · instrumenting (present participle)
    1. equip (something) with measuring instruments:
      "engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere" · "a DC-8 aircraft instrumented as a flying laboratory"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from the verb instruere ‘construct, equip’.
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    noun
    1. a tool or implement, especially one for delicate or scientific work:
      implement
      tool
      utensil
      device
      apparatus
      contrivance
      gadget
      contraption
      appliance
      mechanism
    2. a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc. of something, especially a motor vehicle or aircraft:
      gauge
      meter
      measure
      indicator
      dial
      display
      measuring device
     
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