Instrument

Noun

 * 1) A device used to produce music.
 * The violinist was a master of her instrument.
 * 1) A measuring or displaying device.
 * The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
 * 1) A tool, implement.
 * The dentist set down his tray of instruments.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:instrument

Derived terms

 * instrumentation
 * instrumental
 * instrumentive
 * musical instrument
 * writing instrument


 * negotiable instrument
 * measuring instrument
 * financial instrument
 * debt instrument
 * derivative instrument

Verb

 * 1)  To apply measuring devices.
 * 2)  To devise, conceive, cook-up, plan.

Adjectives for Instrument
physical; master; keyboard; gracious; god-like; negotiable; outstanding; dictating; grand; musical; ingenious; expensive; unfit; precision; potent; rude; glorious; philosophical; penitent; facile; perfect; rough; extraordinary; noble; exceptional; component; heavenly; murderous; incomprehensible; spellbound; blunt; passive; unconscious; compact; scorned; supple; astronomical; serviceable; quaking; dental; cunning; greedy;  sacred;   tolerable;   immediate; graceful; valuable.

Verbs for Instrument
contaminate—; contrive—; devise—; employ—; encase—; fashion—; forge—; guard—; hamper—; hinder—; introduce—; lubricate—; manipulate—; obstruct—; perform with—; project—; resist—; utilize—; yield to—.

Thesaurus
Bourdon tube, Charlie McCarthy, Danish balance, Federal, Gramophone, Gyropilot, Mach meter, Roman balance, Teletype, Weightometer, X-ray machine, absolute altimeter, accelerometer, adapt, aerial reconnaissance camera, aerometer, aeroscope, agency, agent, air log, alloy balance, altigraph, altimeter, amanuensis, ammeter, analytical balance, ancilla, anemograph, anemometer, anemoscope, aneroid, antler, apparatus, apple-polisher, appliance, arrange, aspirator, ass-licker, assay balance, autograph, automatic pilot, autosyn, awl, backslapper, baggage agent, balance, balance of precision, barb, barbed wire, barblet, barbule, barbwire, barometer, barrel scale, beam, bedpan, blank, bodkin, bombing locator, bombsight, bootlick, bootlicker, bradawl, brown-nose, brownie, bullion balance, business agent, calorimeter, caltrop, card compass, carpet tack, cash register, catalyst, catheter, channel, cheval-de-frise, chirograph, chromatoscope, chronograph, chronometer, chuck, claim agent, clamp, clasp, clawback, clerk, clinch, clinical thermometer, clip, cockspur, commercial agent, commission agent, compact, compass, compose, consignee, contract, contraption, contrivance, control rod, counter scale, courtier, cramp, creature, cringer, customer agent, cylinder scale, device, diathermy machine, dibble, direction finder, docket, document, dog, dossier, drain, drum scale, dummy, dupe, electrocardiograph, electroencephalograph, electrograph, equipment, evaporimeter, facsimile telegraph, factor, fan scale, fawner, fed, federal agent, fid, file, fishhook, flatterer, flexure plate scale, flight recorder, flunky, footlicker, forceps, fork, form, freight agent, functionary, gadget, gaff, galvanometer, gauge, gauger, gear, general agent, gimcrack, gimlet, gimmick, gizmo, go-between, goad, goniometer, gosport, gosport tube, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron, grip, groveler, gyrocompass, hand tool, handmaid, handmaiden, handshaker, harmonize, harpoon, hat pin, heat lamp, helot, hemostat, holdfast, holograph, hook, horn, hub dynamometer, hygrograph, hygrometer, hypo, hypodermic, hypodermic needle, hypsometer, icepick, implement, inclinometer, induction compass, instrumentality, instrumentate, instrumentation, insurance agent, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, jackal, jaws, joy stick, kaleidoscope, kowtower, kymograph, lackey, lance, lancet, land agent, laser, law agent, led captain, legal document, legal instrument, legal paper, lever, lever scales, lickspit, lickspittle, literary agent, loan agent, long-arm balance, machine, machinery, magnetic compass, make an adaptation, manometer, marlinespike, mealymouth, mean, means, measure, measurer, mechanical device, mechanical heart, mechanism, mechanize, mediator, medium, melodize, meteorograph, meter, microfilm reader, micrometer, microscope, midwife, mill, minion, ministry, motorize, musicalize, nail, needle, news agent, nippers, octant, official, official document, optical altimeter, orchestrate, organ, oscillograph, otoscope, oxgoad, ozonometer, pact, pair of scales, paper, paper clip, papers, paraphernalia, parchment, pari-mutuel, pari-mutuel machine, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, pawn, peon, personal file, photometer, pike, pin, pincers, pitchfork, pitot-static tube, plate fulcrum scale, platform scale, plaything, pliers, pluviograph, pluviometer, pneumatograph, pneumatometer, potentiometer, power tool, precision balance, precision scale, precision tool, press agent, prime mover, prism, probe, prong, punch, puppet, purchasing agent, pus basin, put to music, pyrometer, quadrant, quill, radar, radio, radio compass, radio direction finder, radiogoniometer, range finder, rate-of-climb indicator, real estate agent, recording barometer, recording hygrometer, register, retool, robot pilot, roll, rowel, sales agent, scale, scales, scalpel, score, scrip, script, scroll, secretary, seismograph, seismoscope, serf, servant, set, set to music, sextant, sharpen, short-arm balance, skewer, slave, sound, sound recorder, spaniel, spearhead, special agent, spectrograph, spectrohelioscope, spectroscope, speculum, speed tool, spicule, spiculum, spike, spine, spiral balance, spirit level, spirometer, spit, splint, spur, staple, static tube, station agent, stereopticon, stethoscope, steward, sting, stooge, strike radar scanner, suck, sun compass, suture, swab, sycophant, syringe, tachometer, tack, tackle, tang, tape recorder, teletypewriter, telltale, theatrical agent, thermograph, thermometer, thermometrograph, thermostat, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, throttle, thumbtack, ticker, ticket agent, timeserver, tine, toad, toady, tongs, tool, toy, transcribe, transit instrument, transpose, travel agent, trepan, trephine, truckler, tufthunter, turnstile, tweezers, utensil, variometer, vehicle, venturi tube, viewer, viscosimeter, vise, voting machine, walking delegate, way, weigh scales, weighbridge, weighing machine, weight voltameter, whatnot, wherewithal, wrench, writ, write, writing, yes-man, yoke

Etymology
From instrumentum:. suffix -mentum:.

Noun

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 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 楽器 (gakki)


 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: instruments
 * Lithuanian: instrumentas
 * Malayalam: സംഗീത ഉപകരണം (samgeetha upakaraNam)
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionnsramaid, inneal-ciùil
 * Slovene: instrument, inštrument
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 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: mittari, mittalaite
 * German:, Meßinstrument
 * Greek:
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 * Japanese: 計器 (keiki)
 * Korean: 계기
 * Norwegian: måleapparat
 * Portuguese: instrumento . aparelho
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: inneal-tomhais
 * Swedish: mätinstrument


 * Bosnian: alat (collective)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (kigu),  (kikai)
 * Korean: ,  ,
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: rīks, ierīce
 * Lithuanian: įrankis, prietaisas
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: inneal
 * Serbian:, (collective)
 * Slovene: orodje
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: instrument (especially a fine tool)


 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מסמך


 * Korean: 증서
 * Spanish:


 * German:
 * Greek: υποχείριο, ενεργούμενο
 * Korean: 앞잡이


 * Lithuanian: įrankis
 * Spanish:


 * : 儀器, 仪器 (yiqi)

Anagrams

 * nutriments

Noun

 * 1) instrument

Derived terms

 * blaasinstrument
 * muziekinstrument
 * slaginstrument
 * snaarinstrument

Noun

 * 1) instrument

Noun

 * 1) (musical) instrument

Noun

 * 1) instrument

Noun

 * 1) an instrument (of music, for measurement, method, tool, or financial contract), a device

Related terms

 * blåsinstrument
 * instrumentalist
 * instrumentbräda
 * instrumentell
 * instrumentera
 * instrumentmakare
 * instrumentpanel
 * stråkinstrument
 * stränginstrument