Dictionary

instrumentation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English instrument Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English instrumentation From instrument + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.
   • Science should be distinguished from technique and its scientific instrumentation, technology. Science is practised by scientists, and techniques by ‘engineers’ — a term that in our terminology includes physicians, lawyers, and teachers. If for the scientist knowledge and cognition are primary, it is action and construction that characterises the work of the engineer, though in fact his activity may be based on science. In history, technique often preceded science. 1978, Hans Freudenthal, Weeding and Sowing. Preface to a Science of Mathematical Education:
2. (countable, uncountable) The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
   • MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum). 2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2022:
   • "Turn It into Something Good” captures that late seventies/early eighties soul feel of which Earth, Wind & Fire were pioneers. The instrumentation on this song is so pure and polished that it has to be applauded for its production. 2022, Trenton Bailey, Do You Remember? Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire:
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
   • He had a wonderful instrumentation.
4. (countable, uncountable) On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
   • The car's instrumentation included fuel, temperature, voltimeter and oil pressure gauges, along with a speedometer and tachometer.
5. (countable, uncountable) Monitoring gauges for any machine, such as a reactor.
6. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
   • bytecode instrumentation
   • Xcode is Apple's toolkit for developers. It includes an IDE, a design tool (Interface Builder), a compiler, and the iOS emulator, as well as a set of tools for instrumentation and performance analysis. 2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise, Pearson Education, →ISBN:
7. (countable, uncountable) The use of tools, instruments, or technical methods in the commission of a crime.

Forms

Deriveds

bioinstrumentation · instrumentational · postinstrumentation · overinstrumentation · reinstrumentation

Synonyms

orchestration