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instrumentation

noun

Etymology

From instrument + -ation.

  1. derived from īnstrūmentum
  2. derived from instrument
  3. inherited from instrument
  4. suffixed as instrumentation — “instrument + -ation”

Definitions

  1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument

    The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.

  2. The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different…

    The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.

    • "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.

  3. The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments

    The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.

    • He had a wonderful instrumentation.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with…

      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.

    2. Monitoring gauges for any machine, such as a reactor.

    3. The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting…

      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.

    4. The use of tools, instruments, or technical methods in the commission of a crime.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at instrumentation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at instrumentation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at instrumentation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA