Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The application or use of instruments.
- noun The study and practice of arranging music for instruments.
- noun The arrangement or orchestration resulting from such practice.
- noun A list of instruments used in an orchestration.
- noun The study, development, and manufacture of instruments, as for scientific or industrial use.
- noun Instruments for a specific purpose.
- noun Instrumentality.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Use of instruments; work done by means of instruments, especially in surveying and the like.
- noun Instrumental means or aid; facility furnished by instruments; intermediate agency.
- noun In music, the process, act, or science of composing or arranging music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
- noun The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
- noun The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
- noun The act of using instruments to measure or control the behavior of an object, as a patient in a hospital or a machine being tested while under development.
- noun The act of furnishing or attaching instruments to/
- noun The set of instruments included in a system.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
- noun The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
- noun The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
- noun On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
- noun the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
- noun an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
- noun the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
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Examples
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One proposal for a mission which would have the right instrumentation is a NASA decadal survey mission ACE - Aerosol Cloud Ecosystems.
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At times the instrumentation is quite good but it is constantly dragged down by the subpar lyrics.
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The instrumentation is heavier now, with trumpet figures and the addition of bass and snare drums lending almost the flavor of an operatic drinking song as the exultant "release" theme, opening with three bright high C-sharps on the violins, piccolo and flute, is answered by a vigorous rising gesture by the cellos and basses fortified by the bass trombone.
The Waltz That Defines Vienna Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2010
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One proposal for a mission which would have the right instrumentation is a NASA decadal survey mission ACE - Aerosol Cloud Ecosystems.
Cause for Concern? More Data Needed on Ocean's Health - NASA Watch 2009
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During a flight, some of the necessary instrumentation is mounted on the helicopter, some on the ground.
Stanford’s "autonomous" helicopters teach themselves to fly « Isegoria 2008
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During a flight, some of the necessary instrumentation is mounted on the helicopter, some on the ground.
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They match it – in instrumentation, key tonality, chord progression, tempo, genre, voice quality, regional influences, extent of vamping and vocal harmony, and a hundred other variables based on the Music Genome Project – and create a radio station based solely around that music.
March 2007 2007
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In the 1930s for example, the shift from radioactivity to nuclear physics required changes in instrumentation and the material culture of the institute.
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They match it – in instrumentation, key tonality, chord progression, tempo, genre, voice quality, regional influences, extent of vamping and vocal harmony, and a hundred other variables based on the Music Genome Project – and create a radio station based solely around that music.
Music To My Ears 2007
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The music, particularly the widespread use of percussion and other traditional Chinese instrumentation, is quite good.
Sexual Healing 2006
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