Chorographnoun
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
Instrumentnoun
A device used to produce music.
‘The violinist was a master of her instrument.’;
Chorographnoun
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
Instrumentnoun
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
Instrumentnoun
A measuring or displaying device.
Instrumentnoun
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
Instrumentnoun
(legal) 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.’;
Instrumentnoun
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
Instrumentverb
(transitive) To apply measuring devices.
Instrumentverb
(transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
Instrumentverb
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
‘a sonata instrumented for orchestra’;
Instrumentnoun
That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; a device; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
‘All the lofty instruments of war.’;
Instrumentnoun
A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
‘Praise him with stringed instruments and organs.’; ‘But signs when songs and instruments he hears.’;
Instrumentnoun
A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
Instrumentnoun
One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent; as, their army was primarily an instrument of oppression.
‘Or useful serving man and instrument,To any sovereign state.’; ‘The bold are but the instruments of the wise.’;
Instrumentverb
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
Instrumentverb
To furnish or equip with instruments; to attach instruments to; as, the fighter planes were heavily instrumented; the patient was instrumented to monitor him remotely.
Instrumentnoun
a device that requires skill for proper use
Instrumentnoun
the means whereby some act is accomplished;
‘my greed was the instrument of my destruction’; ‘science has given us new tools to fight disease’;
Instrumentnoun
a person used by another to gain an end
Instrumentnoun
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
Instrumentnoun
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
Instrumentnoun
any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
Instrumentverb
equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
Instrumentverb
write an instrumental score for
Instrumentverb
address a legal document to
