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Etymology
From L. instrumentum|īnstrūmentum "an implement, tool"

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ɪnstr�m�nt/, SAMPA|/"InstrVm?@nt/
audio|en-us-instrument.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-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. law 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.

Translations
trans-top|music device
Chinese: ��
Czech: nástroj m
Dutch: instrument n, muziekinstrument n
Finnish: soitin, instrumentti
French: instrument m
German: Instrument n, Musikinstrument n
Greek: ��γανο (órgano) n
Italian: strumento m
Japanese: 楽� (gakki)
Korean: �기(��)
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Latin: organum n
Malayalam: സ���ത �പ�രണ� (samgeetha upakaraNam)
Norwegian: instrument
Portuguese: instrumento m
Russian: ин����мен� (instrum'ént) m
Slovene: instrument m, inštrument m
Spanish: instrumento m
Swedish: instrument#Swedish|intrument n
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trans-top|measuring device
Dutch: instrument n, meetinstrument n, meter m
Finnish: mittari, mittalaite
German: Instrument n, Me�instrument n
Greek: ��γανο (órgano) n
Italian: strumento m
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Japanese: �� (keiki)
Norwegian: måleapparat
Portuguese: instrumento m. aparelho m
Russian: п�ибо� (pribór) m
Swedish: mätinstrument n
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trans-top|tool
Bosnian: alat#Bosnian|alat m (collective)
Dutch: instrument n
Finnish: väline
German: Werkzeug n, Instrument n
Greek: ε�γαλείο (ergalío) n
Italian: strumento m
Japanese: JAchar|�� (kigu), JAchar|�械 (kikai)
Korean: �구 (賭�)
Latin: instrumentum|instrūmentum n
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Norwegian: redskap
Portuguese: instrumento m
Russian: ин����мен� (instrum'ént) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ала�#Serbian|ала� m (collective)
:Latin: alat#Serbian|alat m (collective)
Slovene: orodje n
Swedish: instrument#Swedish|intrument n (especially a fine tool)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|CJKV Characters: 塤, �
ttbc|Chinese: ��, 仪� (yiqi)

Related terms
instrumentation
instrumental
instrumentive
musical instrument

Verb
en-verb

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

See also
instrumental

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