Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - instrument
Instrument
instrument
n. & v. --n. 1 a tool or implement, esp. for delicate or scientific work. 2 (in full musical instrument) a device for producing musical sounds by vibration, wind, percussion, etc. 3 a a thing used in performing an action (the meeting was an instrument in his success). b a person made use of (is merely their instrument). 4 a measuring-device, esp. in an aeroplane, serving to determine its position in darkness etc. 5 a formal, esp. legal, document. --v.tr. 1 arrange (music) for instruments. 2 equip with instruments (for measuring, recording, controlling, etc.). Phrases and idioms instrument board (or panel) a surface, esp. in a car or aeroplane, containing the dials etc. of measuring-devices. Etymology: ME f. OF instrument or L instrumentum (as INSTRUCT)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~um, from instruere to arrange, instruct Date: 14th century a device used to produce music, 2. a means whereby something is achieved, performed, or furthered, one used by another as a means or aid ; dupe, tool, implement, a formal legal document (as a deed, bond, or agreement), 5. a measuring device for determining the present value of a quantity under observation, an electrical or mechanical device used in navigating an airplane, see: implement II. transitive verb Date: 1752 to address a legal ~ to, to score for musical performance ; orchestrate, to equip with ~s especially for measuring and recording data ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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