- a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
- a contrivance or apparatus for producing musical sounds: a stringed instrument.
- a means by which something is effected or done; agency: an instrument of government.
- a device for measuring the present value of a quantity under observation.
- a mechanical or electronic measuring device, especially one used in navigation: landing a plane by instruments.
- a formal legal document, as a draft or bond: negotiable instruments.
- a person used by another merely as a means to some private end; tool or dupe.
- to equip with instruments, as a machine or manufacturing process: to instrument a space vehicle.
- to arrange a composition for musical instruments; orchestrate.
- a mechanical implement or tool, esp one used for precision work
- any of various contrivances or mechanisms that can be played to produce musical tones or sounds
- an important factor or agency in something
- a person used by another to gain an end; dupe; tool
- a measuring device, such as a pressure gauge or ammeter
- a device or system for use in navigation or control, esp of aircraft
- (as modifier)
- a formal legal document
- another word for orchestrate (def. 1)
- to equip with instruments
