instrument
noun
[ ˈɪnstrʊm(ə)nt ]
• a tool or implement, especially one for precision work.
• "a surgical instrument"
Similar:
implement,
tool,
utensil,
device,
apparatus,
contrivance,
gadget,
contraption,
appliance,
mechanism,
gizmo,
• a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc. of something, especially a motor vehicle or aircraft.
• "a new instrument for measuring ozone levels"
• an object or device for producing musical sounds.
• "the value of learning to play a musical instrument"
• a formal or legal document.
• "execution involves signature and unconditional delivery of the instrument"
instrument
verb
• equip (something) with measuring instruments.
• "engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from the verb instruere ‘construct, equip’.
