instrument
noun/ˈɪnstrəmənt/
Слово англійською: instrument
Переклад instrument українською: інструмент
Детальний опис
- (also musical instrument)an object used for producing musical sounds, for example a piano or a drum
- to play an instrument
- Is he learning an instrument?
- percussion/brass/string instruments
- an instrument maker
- a tool or device used for a particular task, especially for specialist or scientific work
- surgical/optical/scientific instruments
- Scientists then began using powerful instruments to peer through the planet's dense atmosphere.
- syringes, needles or other sharp instruments
- medieval instruments of torture such as the rack and the wheel
- instrument for something Instruments for diagnosis and surgery have become hugely more sophisticated.
- instrument for doing something the world's most powerful instrument for detecting gamma rays
- a device used for measuring speed, distance, temperature, etc. in a vehicle or on a machine
- data gathered by instruments aboard the satellite
- the flight instruments
- There was a warning light flashing on the instrument panel.
- (formal) something that is used by somebody in order to achieve something; a person or thing that makes something happen
- instrument for (doing) something The law is not the best instrument for dealing with family matters.
- instrument of something an instrument of change
- instrument of somebody/something (formal) a person who is used and controlled by somebody/something that is more powerful
- an instrument of fate
- The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.
- (law) a formal legal document
- credit instruments issued by banks
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from the verb instruere ‘construct, equip’.