instrument [ 'instrumənt] n.仪器；工具；乐器
instrument n. 乐器;工具,器械
金融工具 financial instruments
MPEG Musical Instrument Digital Interface 乐器数字接口
Instruments Import and Export Corporation 仪器进出口公司
Scientific Instrument import and Export Corporation 科学仪器进出口公司
Performing Instrument Company 演出器材公司
Teaching Instrument Company 教学仪器公司
adhesion test instrument for the wood coating 木材涂层附着力测定仪
Coating adhesion test instrument 漆膜附着力试验仪
Coating impact instrument 漆膜冲击仪
Coating surface impact instrument漆膜表面冲击仪
Optical Instrument Factory 光学仪器厂
Electronic Instruments Plant 电子仪器厂
Educational Instrument Factory 教学仪器厂
Musical Instrument Factory 乐器厂
Instruments Import and Export Corporation 仪器进出口公司
Scientific Instrument import and Export Corporation 科学仪器进出口公司
Performing Instrument Company 演出器材公司
Teaching Instrument Company 教学仪器公司
Surgical Instrument 手术器械
instrument 工具，仪器，乐器
Automobile instrument 汽车仪表板
Calibrating instrument 校准仪表
Structural instrument panel 结构仪表板
仪器科学与技术 Instrument Science and Technology
精密仪器及机械 Precision Instrument and Machinery
测试计量技术及仪器 Measuring and Testing Technologies and Instruments
debt instrument 债务证券
温度测量仪器
thermometric instruments
分析测定方法和仪器
analysis measuring method and instrument
柴油机排烟测定仪器
diesel smoke measuring instrument
仪表参考平面
reference plane of instrument panel
声学仪器
acoustical instrument
仪表饰板 Instrument Panel Garnish
仪表板 Instrument Panel
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instruments of the wise.
弱者受制于环境，智者利用环境。
Everybody who plays an instrument, even a little, understands music in a difficult way from somebody who has never felt the thrill of making music himself?
每个演奏乐器的人，哪怕只会一点点，理解音乐的方式都与从未感受过自己奏出音乐的激动的人不同。
Both the violin and the piano are instruments.
小提琴和钢琴都是乐器。
A hammer is an instrument people often use for repairing things.
锤子是人们常用来修理东西的工具。
orchestral instruments
管弦乐器
an orchestral production
管弦乐队的演出
The instruments monitor the patient's heartbeats.
这些仪器监测着病人的心跳。
The space station is a useful instrument in exploring outer space.
空间站是探索太空的有用工具。
Mathematics is the instrument used by physical sciences to explore things and record results.
数学是在自然科学中用来探究现象、记录结论的工具。
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instrument of the wise.
弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
Calibration,instrument 设备校准
Standardization instrument 设备标准化
A I’ll see you later tonight. I’m going to my music class first.
A 今晚晚些时候见。我先去上音乐课。
B Your music class What musical instrument do you play?
B 音乐课？你玩什么乐器？
A I play the piano. I practise every week. It’s my hobby.
A 我弹钢琴。我每周都练习。这是我的业余爱好。
B I didn’t know you play the piano. I’d love to hear you play.
B 我不知道你弹钢琴。我想听你弹弹。
A You can come and listen, if you’d like. What’s your hobby?
A 如果你愿意的话可以来听。你的爱好是什么？
B Well, I like music too – but not playing musical instrument. I like going to clubs and hearing the best DJs.
B 哦，我也喜欢音乐——但是不是乐器。我喜欢去俱乐部听最好的DJ。
A What would you do if you had more time?
A 如果你有更多的时间你将做什么？
B Me I’d probably learn to play a musical instrument.
B 我？我很可能学习一样乐器。
A Which one?
A 什么乐器？
B Well, if I had more time, I’d learn to play guitar. I really like the sound. What about you?
B 哦，如果我有更多的时间，我将学习弹吉他。我非常喜欢吉他的音色。你呢？
A If I had more time, I’d travel around China. There’s so much to see.
A 如果我有更多的时间，我将到中国各地去旅游。有那么多要看的东西。
B Yes, I agree - that would be good. There are lots of places I’d love to visit.
B 是的， 我同意——那太好了。我想有很多地方可以去玩。
A Did you play a musical instrument when you were young?
A 你年轻的时候摆弄乐器吗？
B Yes, but it was a long time ago. When I was young, I used to play the flute.
B 是的，那是很久以前的事情了。当我年轻的时候，我常常吹长笛。
A Why did you stop?
A 那你为什么后来不吹了？
B Well, I didn’t have the time. Also, I was more interested in sports. I loved football.
B 哦，我没有时间。而且，我对运动更感兴趣。我喜欢踢足球。
A Now I see. Football instead of the flute.
A 现在我明白了。你用足球取代了长笛。
B Well, maybe I should start playing music again.
B 嗯，也许我应该重新开始玩乐器。
A state which dwarfs its men ,in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
John Stuart Mill, British economist
一个政府压制它的人民，以使他们成为自己手中的驯服工具——即便是为了正当的目的——它也会发现，靠受压制的人是不可能真正成就什么大事的。
英国经济学家穆勒J.S.
For me the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian statesman
在我看来，各种宗教都是出自同一座花园的美丽花朵，或者可以说都是同一颗大树的分枝。所以，各种宗教都同样真实，虽然人们凭借着同等不完善的工具为接受并且阐释它们。
印度政治家甘地.M.K.
仪表 instrument; meter; appearance
板胡 [bǎn hú] /a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard/
拨弦乐器 [bō xián yuè qì] /plucked string or stringed instrument/plucked instrument/
尺子 [chǐ zi ] /rule/ruler (measuring instrument)/
风琴 [fēng qín] /organ (musical instrument)/
高清晰度 [gāo qīng xī dù] /high definition (instruments)/high resolution/
工具 [gōng jù] /tool/instrument/utensil/means/
光学 [guāng xué] /optics (math. phys.)/optical (instrument)/
具 [jù] /tool/device/utensil/equipment/instrument/
拉 [lā] /to pull/to play (string instruments)/to drag/to draw/
民乐 [mín yuè] /music, esp. folk music, for traditional instruments/
檠 [qíng] /instrument for straightening bows/
弹 [tán] /impeach/to pluck a string/to play (a stringed musical instrument with fingers)/
弹琴 [tán qín] /to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument/
埙 [xūn] /ancient porcelain wind-instrument/
演奏 [yǎn zòu] /(v) play a musical instrument in a performance/
仪器 [yí qì] /(scientific, etc) instrument/
乐器 [yuè qì] /musical instrument/
It is not possible to determine whether both continents are moving in opposite directions or whether one continent is stationary and the other is drifting away from it. Hot spots, anchored in the deeper layers of the earth, provide the measuring instruments needed to resolve the question.
人们不能确定两个大陆是在朝相反的方向运动，还是一个大陆停止不动而另一个从它身边漂移开去。位于地球更深层的热点提供了解决该问题的测量仪器。
{adj: aboveground} on or above the surface of the ground
"aboveground nuclear testing"
"surface instruments for detecting oil deposits"
"surface transportation"
{adj: alto} (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
"alto clarinet or recorder"
{adj: antiseptic, sterilized, sterilised} made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms
"sterilized instruments"
{adj: aseptic, sterile} free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
"a sterile operating area"
"aseptic surgical instruments"
"aseptic surgical techniques"
{adj: attuned, tuned} brought to correct pitch
"his tuned violin"
"the attuned instruments"
{adj: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly} difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
"an awkward bundle to carry"
"a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
"clumsy wooden shoes"
"the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
{adj: bifilar} having or using two filaments
"a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument"
{adj: blunt} used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
"a blunt instrument"
{adj: bowed} of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
<-> plucked
{adj: brassy, brasslike} resembling the sound of a brass instrument
{adj: bronchoscopic} of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi
{adj: brutal, cruel} (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain
"brutal instruments of torture"
"cruel weapons of war"
{adj: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating} as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
"a cutting wind"
"keen winds"
"knifelike cold"
"piercing knifelike pains"
"piercing cold"
"piercing criticism"
"a stabbing pain"
"lancinating pain"
{adj: cut} separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
"the cut surface was mottled"
"cut tobacco"
"blood from his cut forehead"
"bandages on her cut wrists"
<-> uncut
{adj: deadly, lethal} of an instrument of certain death
"deadly poisons"
"lethal weapon"
"a lethal injection"
{adj: delicate} of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
"almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
{adj: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy} extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
"something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"
"fires lit up a diabolic scene"
"diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"
"a fiendish despot"
"hellish torture"
"infernal instruments of war"
"satanic cruelty"
"unholy grimaces"
{adj: erratic, temperamental} likely to perform unpredictably
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
{adj: first} highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
"first soprano"
"the first violin section"
"played first horn"
<-> second
{adj: gruff, hoarse, husky} deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
"gruff voices"
"the dog's gruff barking"
"hoarse cries"
"makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
{adj: hewn, hand-hewn} cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
"a house built of hewn logs"
"rough-hewn stone"
"a path hewn through the underbrush"
{adj: incised} cut into with a sharp instrument
{adj: instrumental} relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
"instrumental compositions"
"an instrumental ensemble"
<-> vocal
{adj: keyed} fitted with or secured by a key
"a keyed instrument"
"the locks have not yet been keyed"
<-> keyless
{adj: mathematical} of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics
"a mathematical textbook"
"slide rules and other mathematical instruments"
"a mathematical solution to a problem"
"mathematical proof"
{adj: musical} characterized by or capable of producing music
"a musical evening"
"musical instruments"
{adj: naked} (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument
"visible to the naked eye"
{adj: percussive} involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments
"percussive music"
{adj: pizzicato} (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
{adj: plucked} of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
<-> bowed
{adj: reedy, wheezy} having a tone of a reed instrument
{adj: second} a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
"second flute"
"the second violins"
<-> first
{adj: solo} composed or performed by a single voice or instrument
"a passage for solo clarinet"
{adj: surgical} of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
"surgical instruments"
"surgical intervention"
<-> nonsurgical
{adj: tenor} (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
"a tenor sax"
{adj: unpromising} unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment
"faced an unpromising task"
"music for unpromising combinations of instruments"
{adj: valved} (of brass instruments) having valves
{adv: fore, forward} near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
<-> aft
{n: Abney level} a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube; used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target
{n: American organ} a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
{n: English horn, cor anglais} a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
{n: French horn, horn} a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
{n: Hampton, Lionel Hampton} United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (born in 1913)
{n: IOU} an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'
{n: International Wanted Notice, Red Notice} an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition; a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries
"an Interpol Red Notice is the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today"
{n: Invar} an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments
{n: Kundt's tube} a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound
{n: Pitot tube, Pitot} measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow
{n: Pitot-static tube, Pitot head, Pitot tube} measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed
{n: Sax, Adolphe Sax} a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
{n: Segovia, Andres Segovia} Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987)
{n: Treasury bond} a debt instrument with maturities of 10 years or longer
{n: ablative, ablative case} the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
{n: accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher} a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
{n: accelerometer} an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
{n: accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box} a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
{n: actinometer} an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect)
{n: alidade, alidad} surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
{n: alidade, alidad} surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
{n: altazimuth} an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation
{n: altimeter} an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
{n: alto} (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
{n: analyzer, analyser} an instrument that performs analyses
{n: arranger, adapter, transcriber} a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
{n: artificial horizon, gyro horizon, flight indicator} a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot
{n: assignment} the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
{n: astatic coils} an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field
{n: atmometer, evaporometer} an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water
{n: audiometer, sonometer} an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
{n: autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser} a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
{n: autofocus} an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically
{n: bagpipe, pipe} a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the instrument
{n: balalaika} a stringed instrument that has triangular body and three strings
{n: ballistocardiograph, cardiograph} a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles
{n: banjo} a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
{n: baritone, baritone horn} the second lowest brass wind instrument
{n: barometer} an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
{n: barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, street organ} a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
{n: bass horn, sousaphone, tuba} the lowest brass wind instrument
{n: bassoon} a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
{n: bass} the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
{n: bathymeter, bathometer} an instrument that measures the depth of water
{n: beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed} a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
{n: bellows} a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument
{n: binoculars, field glasses, opera glasses} an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
{n: blind flying, blind landing} using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
{n: bolometer} an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive
{n: bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals, maraca} a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
{n: boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel} an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
{n: bowed stringed instrument, string} stringed instruments that are played with a bow
"the strings played superlatively well"
{n: bowing} managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
"the violinist's bowing was excellent"
{n: bow} a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument
{n: bow} a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
{n: boxwood, Turkish boxwood} very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
{n: brass band} a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments
{n: brass family} (music) the family of brass instruments
{n: brass section, brass} the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
{n: brass, brass instrument} a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
{n: bronchoscope} a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
{n: bubble chamber} an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles
{n: bugle} a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
{n: bulb} a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
"the bulb of a syringe"
{n: burette, buret} measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
{n: cabinet, console} housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
{n: calibration, standardization, standardisation} the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
"the thermometer needed calibration"
{n: caliper, calliper} an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural)
{n: calliope, steam organ} a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
{n: calorimeter} a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
{n: cangue} an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms
{n: cardiograph, electrocardiograph} medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
{n: case} a portable container for carrying several objects
"the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
{n: cash equivalent} a highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three months
{n: cautery, cauterant} an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
{n: celesta} a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
{n: cello, violoncello} a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
{n: certificate of deposit, CD} a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
{n: chime, bell, gong} a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
{n: choir, consort} a family of similar musical instrument playing together
{n: chordophone} a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
{n: chronoscope} an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time
{n: cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern} a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
{n: clarinet} a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
{n: clarion} a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
{n: clavichord} an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
{n: clavier, Klavier} a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
{n: clinometer, inclinometer} an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation
{n: cocuswood, cocoswood, granadilla wood} wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
{n: codicil} a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
{n: colophony} translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
{n: colorimeter, tintometer} a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents
{n: commercial document, commercial instrument} a document of or relating to commerce
{n: compass} drafting instrument used for drawing circles
{n: compass} navigational instrument for finding directions
{n: concert band, military band} a group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments
{n: concert pitch, philharmonic pitch, international pitch} the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C
{n: concertina} free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
{n: concerto grosso} a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
{n: console} a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
{n: contrabassoon, contrafagotto, double bassoon} the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
{n: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel} electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
"he checked the instrument panel"
"suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
{n: cornet, horn, trumpet, trump} a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
{n: counter tube} a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events
{n: country music, country and western, C and W} a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
{n: craniometer} an instrument for measuring skull sizes
{n: cross hair, cross wire} either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
"he had the target in his cross hairs"
{n: cryocautery} an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it
{n: cryoscope} a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points
{n: cucking stool, ducking stool} an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
{n: curette, curet} a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
{n: cymbal} a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
{n: dashboard} instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
{n: debt instrument, certificate of indebtedness} a written promise to repay a debt
{n: declinometer, transit declinometer} an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
{n: deflection, deflexion} the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
{n: densimeter, densitometer} a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity
{n: densitometer} a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density
{n: depth finder} navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar)
{n: derivative instrument, derivative} a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
{n: dermatome} a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
{n: design, designing} the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
"he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
{n: dialyzer, dialysis machine} a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
{n: dial} the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
{n: diathermy machine} a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes
{n: dilator, dilater} a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ
{n: divider} a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements
{n: dosemeter, dosimeter} a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity)
{n: double-reed instrument, double reed} a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
{n: drafting instrument} an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings
{n: drum, membranophone, tympan} a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
{n: dulcimer} a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
{n: dynamometer, ergometer} measuring instrument designed to measure power
{n: electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat} an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
"the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
{n: electrodynamometer} measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power
{n: electroencephalograph} medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
{n: electromyograph} a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles
{n: electronic instrument} a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically
{n: electronics company} a company that makes and sells electronic instruments
{n: electroscope} measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign
{n: endoscope} a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
{n: equal temperament} the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones
"equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments"
{n: esophagoscope, oesophagoscope} an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus
{n: etude} a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
{n: eudiometer} measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases
{n: euphonium} a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
{n: execution, execution of instrument} (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
{n: extractor} an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components
{n: eyepiece, ocular} combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
{n: fiberscope} a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
{n: field, field of view} the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
{n: finger hole} one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
{n: fingerboard} a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
{n: fingering} the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
{n: fixed intonation} the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer
{n: floater} a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
{n: flourish, fanfare, tucket} (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
"he entered to a flourish of trumpets"
"her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
{n: flugelhorn, fluegelhorn} a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
{n: flute, transverse flute} a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
{n: forgery} criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
{n: fraud in the factum} fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
{n: fraud in the inducement} fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
{n: free-reed instrument} a wind instrument with a free reed
{n: fret} a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
{n: futures contract} an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date
{n: gallows} an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
{n: gamelan} a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs
{n: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar} an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
{n: gas chamber, death chamber} instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals
{n: gauge, gage} a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
{n: glockenspiel, orchestral bells} a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
{n: gong, tam-tam} a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
{n: graduate} a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
{n: granadilla wood} dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets
{n: gravimeter, gravity meter} a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth
{n: guillotine} instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
{n: guitar} a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
{n: harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth harp} a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
{n: harmonium, organ, reed organ} a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
{n: heliometer} an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope
{n: hematocrit, haematocrit} a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
{n: hemostat, haemostat} a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
{n: hodoscope} (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle
{n: hydrometer, gravimeter} a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid
{n: hygrometer} measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere
{n: idiot light} a colored warning light on an instrument panel (as for low oil pressure)
{n: inclinometer, dip circle} a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)
{n: inclinometer} an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon
{n: instrument flying} navigation of an airplane solely by instruments
{n: instrument landing} an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments
{n: instrument of execution} an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person
{n: instrument of punishment} an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person
{n: instrument of torture} an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person
{n: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw} a person used by another to gain an end
{n: instrument, tool} the means whereby some act is accomplished
"my greed was the instrument of my destruction"
"science has given us new tools to fight disease"
{n: instrumental music} music intended to be performed by a musical instrument or group of instruments
{n: instrumental music} music produced by playing a musical instrument
{n: instrumental role, instrument} the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
{n: instrumentalism} a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success
{n: instrumentation} the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
{n: instrumentation} the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
{n: instrument} a device that requires skill for proper use
{n: integrator, planimeter} a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
{n: interferometer} any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves
{n: intonation} the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
{n: ionization chamber, ionization tube} a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation
{n: iron maiden} instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim
{n: jew's harp, jews' harp, mouth bow} a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
{n: jeweler's glass} an optical instrument used by jewelers; has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen
{n: jug band} a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments
{n: kazoo} a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
{n: keratoscope} medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface
{n: kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani} a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
{n: keyboardist} a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
{n: kicksorter, pulse height analyzer} scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass
{n: knife} edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
{n: koto} Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding box and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers
{n: kwela} a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
{n: kymograph, cymograph} scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
{n: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, lap choly} removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and surgical instruments
{n: laryngoscope} a medical instrument for examining the larynx
{n: legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument} (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
{n: light microscope} microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
{n: limb} the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
"the limb of the sextant"
{n: log} measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
{n: lute} chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
{n: luthier} a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
{n: magnetograph} a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field)
{n: magnifier} a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
{n: mallet} a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments
{n: mandolin} a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
{n: marimba, xylophone} a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
{n: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device} instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
{n: measuring stick, measure, measuring rod} measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
{n: medical instrument} instrument used in the practice of medicine
{n: meter} any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
{n: microsurgery} surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
{n: microtome} scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
{n: minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery} heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions
{n: money market} a market for short-term debt instruments
{n: mouthpiece, embouchure} the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
{n: municipal note} a municipal debt instrument with a maturity of less than 2 years
{n: musical arrangement, arrangement} a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
{n: musical instrument digital interface, MIDI} a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers
{n: musical instrument, instrument} any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
{n: musician, instrumentalist, player} someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
{n: music} (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
{n: mute} a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
{n: naked eye} the eye unaided by any optical instrument that alters the power of vision or alters the apparent size or distance of objects
"it is not safe to look directly at the sun with the naked eye"
{n: navigational instrument} an instrument used for navigating
{n: needle} a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
{n: negotiable instrument} an unconditional order or promise to pay an amount of money
{n: nephoscope} a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds
{n: oboe, hautboy, hautbois} a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
{n: ocarina, sweet potato} egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
{n: octant} a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration
{n: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process} a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
"they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"
"he died while undergoing surgery"
{n: ophthalmoscope} medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye
{n: optical instrument} an instrument designed to aid vision
{n: orchestration, instrumentation} the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
{n: organ, pipe organ} wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
{n: organon} a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
{n: organ} a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
"The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
{n: otoscope, auriscope, auroscope} medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)
{n: oximeter} a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
{n: paddle} an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
{n: panel light} a light to illuminate an instrument panel
{n: panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx} a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
{n: part, voice} the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
"he tried to sing the tenor part"
{n: pedometer} measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
{n: peg} regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
{n: pelvimeter} measuring instrument for performing pelvimetry
{n: percussion instrument, percussive instrument} a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
{n: percussion section, percussion, rhythm section} the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
{n: percussionist} a musician who plays percussion instruments
{n: percussion} the act of playing a percussion instrument
{n: periscope} an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field
{n: photocoagulator} surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation
{n: photometer} measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source
{n: piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier} a bank of keys on a musical instrument
{n: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano} a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
{n: pick, plectrum, plectron} a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
{n: piezometer} a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
{n: pillory} a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
{n: pipet, pipette} measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube
{n: plane table} surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details
{n: planetarium} a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
{n: playing} the act of playing a musical instrument
{n: plethysmograph} a measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains)
{n: plotter} an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
{n: polygraph} a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
{n: polyphony, polyphonic music, concerted music} music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
<-> monophonic music, monophony
{n: port-access coronary bypass surgery} heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
{n: post horn} wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
{n: potentiometer} a measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces
{n: power of attorney} a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent
{n: probate} the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
{n: probe} a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
{n: probe} an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
{n: prod, goad} a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
{n: projector} an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
{n: protractor} drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
{n: psaltery} an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
{n: quadrant} a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
{n: rack, wheel} an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
{n: radar, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation} measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
{n: rain gauge, rain gage, pluviometer, udometer} gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
{n: rain stick} a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
{n: range pole, ranging pole, flagpole} surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
{n: rangefinder, range finder} a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object
{n: reading, meter reading, indication} a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
"he could not believe the meter reading"
"the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
{n: reading, meter reading} the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
"he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
{n: reed section} the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments
{n: reed stop} an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
{n: refractometer} measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance
{n: register} (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
{n: relational adjective, classifying adjective} an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')
{n: reset} device for resetting instruments or controls
{n: reticle, reticule, graticule} a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
{n: retractor} surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
{n: rheometer} an instrument for measuring the flow of liquids (especially arterial blood)
{n: rhinoscope} medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx)
{n: sackbut} a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
{n: samisen, shamisen} a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
{n: saxhorn} any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
{n: scale, weighing machine} a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
{n: scat, scat singing} singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
{n: scientific instrument} an instrument used by scientists
{n: sclerometer} a measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond point
{n: score, musical score} a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
"he studied the score of the sonata"
{n: sealed instrument, contract under seal, special contract} a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached
{n: section} a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
{n: sector} measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
{n: seismograph} a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
{n: semitone, half step} the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
{n: sensitometer} a measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures
{n: severable contract} a contract in which in the event of a breach by one of the parties can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument
{n: sextant} a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
{n: sight} a optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
{n: silverpoint} a drawing made with on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)
{n: single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind} a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
{n: sitar} a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
{n: skiffle} a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
{n: slash, gash} a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
{n: slide rule, slipstick} analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
{n: snare} a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
{n: solo} a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)
{n: sonar, echo sounder, asdic} a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
"sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"
"asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"
{n: sonograph} an instrument that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves in order to provide an image of a bodily organ
{n: soundbox} a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
{n: sounding board, soundboard} (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument
{n: spark chamber, spark counter} measuring instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles
{n: spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glasses} optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
{n: spectroscope, prism spectroscope} an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
{n: speculum} a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
{n: speculum} a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
{n: spherometer} a measuring instrument for measuring the curvature of a surface
{n: spirograph} a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements
{n: spirometer} a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
{n: stab, thrust, knife thrust} a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
"one strong stab to the heart killed him"
{n: stake} instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
{n: static tube} a measuring instrument used to measure static pressure in a stream of fluid
{n: steel band} a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands)
{n: steel drum} a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
{n: stethoscope} a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
{n: stocks} a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked
{n: stopping} the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch
"the violinist's stopping was excellent"
{n: string orchestra} an orchestra playing only string instruments
{n: string section, strings} the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
{n: stringed instrument} a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
{n: stroboscope, strobe, strobe light} scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
{n: surgical instrument} a medical instrument used in surgery
{n: surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument} an instrument used by surveyors
{n: surveyor's level} surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of land
{n: switch} a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
{n: synchroscope, synchronoscope, synchronizer, synchroniser} an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
{n: synthesizer, synthesiser} (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
{n: syringe} a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
{n: tachistoscope, t-scope} scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures
{n: tachometer, tach} measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
{n: tape, tapeline, tape measure} measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
"the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
{n: telemeter} any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
{n: temperament} an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
{n: tensiometer} a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil
{n: tensiometer} a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid
{n: tensiometer} a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam
{n: test bed} a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions
{n: test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle} a rocket fired for test purposes
{n: theodolite, transit} a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
{n: thermograph} medical instrument that uses an infrared camera to reveal temperature variations on the surface of the body
{n: thermometer} measuring instrument for measuring temperature
{n: thumbscrew} instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
{n: time-delay measuring instrument, time-delay measuring system} chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events
{n: timepiece, timekeeper, horologe} a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
{n: toccata} a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
{n: tonometer} measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma)
{n: tootle} the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
"he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up"
{n: torsion balance} measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire
{n: tracer} an instrument used to make tracings
{n: transit instrument} a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
{n: trepan, trephine} a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
{n: triangle} a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
{n: triangle} any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
{n: trombone} a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
{n: trust deed, deed of trust} a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note
{n: tuning fork} a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instruments
{n: tuning} (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
{n: valve} device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
{n: variometer} a measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field
{n: vibraphone, vibraharp, vibes} a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
{n: viola} a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
{n: violin family} (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments
{n: violin, fiddle} bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
{n: viol} any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
{n: viscometer, viscosimeter} a measuring instrument for measuring viscosity
{n: voicing} the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
{n: voluntary} composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance
{n: wattmeter} an instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in an electrical circuit
{n: weapon, arm, weapon system} any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
"he was licensed to carry a weapon"
{n: whip} an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
{n: wind instrument, wind} a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
{n: woodwind family} (music) the family of woodwind instruments
{n: woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood} any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
{n: zither, cither, zithern} a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
{v: blow} play or sound a wind instrument
"She blew the horn"
{v: bow} play on a string instrument
{v: calibrate, graduate, fine-tune} make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
"calibrate an instrument"
"graduate a cylinder"
{v: calibrate} mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
"he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"
{v: chord} play chords on (a string instrument)
{v: cleave, split, rive} separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"
{v: collimate} adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
{v: construct} draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
"construct an equilateral triangle"
{v: cut} function as a cutting instrument
"This knife cuts well"
{v: cut} separate with or as if with an instrument
"Cut the rope"
{v: double tongue, triple-tongue} play fast notes on a wind instrument
{v: drum} play a percussion instrument
{v: finger} indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
{v: fly blind} fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments
{v: fret} provide (a musical instrument) with frets
"fret a guitar"
{v: gauge} adapt to a specified measurement
"gauge the instruments"
{v: gibbet} hang on an execution instrument
{v: gore} wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
{v: hit} deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
"He hit her hard in the face"
{v: instrument, instrumentate} write an instrumental score for
{v: instrument} address a legal document to
{v: instrument} equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
{v: pedal} operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
{v: pierce, thrust} penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
{v: play} perform music on (a musical instrument)
"He plays the flute"
"Can you play on this old recorder?"
{v: play} play on an instrument
"The band played all night long"
{v: range, run} change or be different within limits
"Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"
"Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"
"The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"
"My students range from very bright to dull"
{v: read, register, show, record} indicate a certain reading ; of gauges and instruments
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"
"The gauge read `empty'"
{v: reset} set to zero
"reset instruments and dials"
{v: retract, pull back, draw back} use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
{v: scribe} score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
{v: set} set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
"set clocks or instruments"
{v: situate, locate} determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
"Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"
"Locate the boundaries of the property"
{v: solo} perform a piece written for a single instrument
{v: stamp} crush or grind with a heavy instrument
"stamp fruit extract the juice"
{v: stick} pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
"he stuck the cloth with the needle"
{v: strike, hit} produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
"The pianist strikes a middle C"
"strike `z' on the keyboard"
"her comments struck a sour note"
{v: strum, thrum} sound the strings of (a string instrument)
"strum a guitar"
{v: thump, pound, poke} hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"
"a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
{v: tongue} articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
{v: transcribe} rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
{v: tune, tune up} of musical instruments
"My piano needs to be tuned"
<-> untune
{v: twang} pluck (strings of an instrument)
"He twanged his bow"
{v: tweedle} play negligently on a musical instrument
{v: zero} adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
She was responsible for ensuring that all instruments and materials are accounted for during an abdominal operation.
在一个腹部手术中，她负责清点所有使用的器材。
Late in January, the tiny, instrument-packed spacecraft was buffeted by an exceptionally powerful burst of particles spewed out by the sun.
今年 1月末，这艘满载仪器的小型航天器被太阳喷出的粒子异常强大的突发所重创。
Other instruments--an extreme ultraviolet telescope aboard SOHO and an x-ray telescope on Japan's YOHKOH spacecraft--are looking for developing flares that might similarly hurl their fury at the earth.
其它的一些仪器－ SOHO 上的紫外线极值望远镜和日本 YOHKOH 航天器上的 X 射线望远镜－也正在寻找着处在形成过程中而且可能祸及地球的太阳火焰。
The surgeon now reached for the Cavitational Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator( CUSA), a pencil-like ultrasonic instrument with a tip that vibrates 26,000 times a second, breaking up the tissue it touches and then suctioning it out.
医生伸手拿起呈铅笔状的超声波空穴手术抽吸器，它的尖梢每秒振动 26000次，它会剖开所到之处的组织并将其吸出来。
He attacks the melody while caressing his instrument, and his solo, like the best improvs, seems both wild and thoughtful.
他的乐器在他的抚弄下向悦耳的旋律发出阵阵冲击。他的独奏堪称即兴创作的精品，富有激情而又发人深思。
The website contains a directory of musicians and composers, as well as open mike discussions with tips on playing instruments.
该网站还设有音乐家和作曲家目录以及有关乐器演奏技巧的专题论坛。
Close by at 234 Tha Phae is Lost Heavens, home of the unique Joy of Sax bamboo musical instruments.
塔菲路 234号附近有一个迷失的天堂，那是独一无二的萨克斯管竹制乐器的家园。
Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances, its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological, and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise.
虽然小说无疑起源于政治情状，但其作者则是以非意识形态的方式对这些政治情状作出反应的，而将小说和故事主要地当作意识形态的工具来探讨，会在相当程度上阻碍小说事业。
The natural limits of our eyes have, of course, been extended by mechanical instruments; telescopes and microscopes, for example, expand our capabilities greatly.
毋庸置疑，我们眼睛与生俱有的局限借助机械工具面得以延展；例如，望远镜和显微镜已将我们的能力大大地加予拓展。
There is, however, an ultimate limit beyond which no instrument can take us; this limit is imposed by our inability to receive sense-data smaller than those conveyed by an individual quantum of energy.
然则，存在着一个极限，这是任何工具都无法帮助我们逾越的；这一限制被强加于人类，因为我们没有能力去接收到比单个的能量量子所能传递出来的感觉数据更小的感觉材料
。
Webb's study illuminates the political alignments that existed in the colonies in the century prior to the American Revolution, but his view of the crown's use of the military as an instrument of colonial policy is not entirely convincing.
韦伯的研究阐明了在美国独立战争之前的那个世纪中，在殖民地所存在的那些政治结盟，但他有关英王将武装部队利用殖民地政策的工具的观点并不全然令人置信。
Under Charles II, the English army was too small to be a major instrument of government.
在查理二世统治期间，英国军队规模甚小，不可能成为政府统治的主要工具。
In his speech Friday, he said the world must unite in order to combat terrorism, closing off terrorists' access to money and training. "While attacking the other causes of terrorism, we must also seek assistance from governments not to use extremism as an instrument of state policy, or as an instrument of foreign policy," he added.
卡尔扎伊在星期五的讲话中说，全世界必须团结起来打击恐怖主义，杜绝恐怖分子获得金钱和训练的来源。他说：“在打击其它恐怖主义活动的同时，我们必须寻求各国政府的协助，不要在对内和对外政策中用极端主义作为它们的工具。”
He says through the use of "People power", the campaign hopes to persuade governments they must do more to provide their people with clean, safe water. Currently, he says, no legal instrument exists which can force governments to do this.
利霍塔尔说，希望通过这次运动，以“人民的力量”劝导各国政府为它们的人民提供清洁和安全的用水。他说，目前还没有一部法律文件能够强制要求各国政府这样做。
Whatever the cause, the blitz of radiation expanded outward in a bubble at about one-fourth the speed of light. This energy soon showered Earth's upper atmosphere, tearing apart atoms in a region called the ionosphere to a greater depth than an ordinary solar flare and causing them to glow. It was so powerful that it pushed the instruments of 15 spacecraft off scale, whether or not they were pointing in its direction. It also saturated a U.S. telescope watching in x-ray wavelengths.
不论是什么原因，猛烈的放射线象肥皂沫一样以四分之一光速向外喷出。这个能量很快显示到地球的外大气层，将在电离层中的原子击开，使它们发出比普通太阳耀斑使它们发的更亮的光。它的能量是如此巨大，使无论是否指着自己方向的15个航天器上的仪器偏离角度。这种射线也穿过了一个美国X光波望远镜。
Opto-laser equipment and instruments 激光科技设备和仪器
经济管理手段 Economic management instruments
绿色财政手段 Green fiscal instruments
组合式仪器系统 building block instrument
HS70140010
Optical elements of glass for optical instruments, not opticly workd
光学仪器用未经光学加工的光学元件毛坯
HS82142000
Manicure/pedicure sets & instruments (including nail files)
修指甲及修脚用具（包括指甲锉）
HS90058010
Astronomical telescopes & other instruments
天文望远镜及其他天文仪器
HS90059010
Parts & accessories of instruments of 9005.8010
天文望远镜及其他天文仪器的零件、附件
HS90138090
Crystal devices nes; optical appliances/instruments nes
未列名液晶装置和未列名光学仪器及器具
HS90139090
Parts & accessories of other appliances/instruments of 90.13
901380
HS9014
Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
定向罗盘；其他导航仪器及装置
HS90142000
Instruments for aeronautical or space navigation (exc compasses)
航空或航天导航仪器及装置（罗盘除外）
HS90148000
Navigational instruments & appliances nes
其他导航仪器及装置
HS90149000
Parts & accessories of instruments/appliances of 90.14
导航仪器及装置的零件、附件
HS90154000
Photogrammetrical surveying instruments & appliances
摄影测量用仪器及装置
HS9017
Drawing, marking-out or mat hematical calculating instruments ( for example, drafting machine
绘图划线或计算仪器；未列名手用长度量具
HS90172000
Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments, nes
其他绘图、划线或数学计算器具
HS90178000
Instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, nes
其他手用测量长度的器具
HS9018
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, includin
医疗、外科、牙科或兽医用仪器及器具
HS90184990
Dental instruments & appliances, nes
牙科用未列名仪器及器具
HS90185000
Ophthalmic instruments & appliances, nes
眼科用其他仪器及器具
HS90189070
Anaesthetic apparatus and instrument
麻醉设备
HS90189090
Medical/veterinary instruments & appliances, nes
其他医疗、外科或兽医用仪器及器具
HS9023
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes ( for example, in ed
专供示范而无其他用途的仪器、装置及模型
HS90230000
Instruments/apparatus/models, for demonstrational purposes
专供示范而无其他用途的仪器、装置及模型
HS9025
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers and pyrometers, pyrometers,baromet
液体比重计、温度计、气压计、湿度计等
HS9026
Instruments and apparatus for m easuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other varia
液体或气体流量、液位、压力等的检测仪器
HS90261000
Instruments/apparatus for measure/checking liquid flow/level
测量、检验液体流量或液位的仪器及装置
HS90262000
Instruments/apparatus for measuring or checking pressure
测量、检验压力的仪器及装置
HS90268000
Instruments/apparatus f measr/check liquid/gas variabls, nes
其他检测液体或气体变化量的仪器及装置
HS90269000
Parts and accessories of instruments/appliances of 90.26
检测液体或气体变化量仪器及装置的零、附件
HS9027
Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis ( for example, polarimeters, refr
理化分析仪器及装置等；检镜切片机
HS90272000
Chromatographs & electrophoresis instruments
色谱仪及电泳仪
HS90275000
Instruments & apparatus using optical radiations, nes
使用光学射线的其他仪器及装置
HS90278090
Instruments & apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, nes
9027
HS90279000
Microtomes; parts & access of instruments/appliances of 90.27
检镜切片机；9027所列仪器及装置的零、附件
HS9030
Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyser s and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or check
示波器等电量检测仪器和装置；射线检测仪器
HS90301000
Instruments/apparatus for measur/detecting ionising radiations
离子射线的测量或检验仪器及装置
HS90304090
Instruments/apparatus specialy for telecommunications nes
其他无线电通讯专用的仪器及装置
HS90308200
Instruments/apparatus for measur/check semiconductor wafers/devices
测试或检验半导体晶片或元器件用仪器及装置
HS90308310
Elec inductance/capacitance measur instrument, with recordg device
装有记录装置的电感及电容测试仪
HS90308390
Elect quantity measur/check instruments with recording device, nes
装有记录装置未列名用于电量检测的仪器装置
HS90308910
Elec inductance/capacitance measur instrument, nes
其他电感及电容测试仪
HS90308990
Elect quantity measur/checking instruments, nes
未列名用于电量测量或检验的仪器和装置
HS90309000
Parts & access of instruments/appliances of heading 90.30
9030
HS9031
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhe
未列名检测仪器、器具及机器，轮廓投影仪
HS90314100
Instruments for inspecting semiconductor wafers/devices, photomasks
制半导体器件时检验用光学仪器及器具
HS90314900
Optical instruments & appliances, nes
其他测量或检验用光学仪器及器具
HS90318010
Testing instruments for optical telecommu/optical fibre performance
光纤通讯及光纤性能测试仪
HS90318090
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances & machines, nes
其他未列名测量或检验仪器、器具及机器
HS90319000
Parts & accessories of instruments/appl/machines of 90.31
9031
HS9032
Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
自动调节或控制仪器及装置
HS90328900
Automatic regulating or controlling instruments & apparatus, nes
其他自动调节或控制仪器及装置
HS90329000
Parts & accessories of instruments/appliances of 90.32
自动调节或控制仪器及装置的零件及附件
HS9104
Instrument panel clocks and clocks o f a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or v
仪表板钟及车、航空器、航天器或船用类似钟
HS91040000
Instrument panel clocks/clocks of sim type for vehicle/aircraft
仪表板钟及车、航空器、航天器或船用类似钟
HS92
Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
乐器及其零件、附件
HS9201
Pianos, including automatic pianos; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments
钢琴；拨弦古钢琴及其他键盘弦乐器
HS92019000
Harpsichords & other keyboard stringed instruments nes
拨弦古钢琴及其他键盘弦乐器
HS9202
Other string musical instruments ( for example, guitars, violins, harps )
其他弦乐器（例如，吉他、小提琴、竖琴）
HS92021000
String musical instruments played with a bow
弓弦乐器
HS92029000
String musical instruments nes
其他弦乐器
HS9203
Keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds
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