instrument
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin īnstrūmentum (“‘an implement, tool’”). suffix -mentum.
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- IPA: /ˈɪnstrʌmənt/, SAMPA: /"InstrVm@nt/
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instrument (plural instruments)
- A device used to produce music.
- The violinist was a master of her instrument.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
- A tool, implement.
- The dentist set down his tray of instruments.
- (law) 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.
- Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
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- See also Wikisaurus:instrument
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terms derived from instrument
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music device
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measuring device
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tool
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legal document
person used as a mere tool
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[edit] Verb
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to instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)
- To apply measuring devices.
- To devise, conceive, cook-up, plan.
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instrument n. (plural instrumenten)
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[edit] French
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instrument m. (plural instruments)