instrumentationn.

Brit.

/ˌɪnstrᵿmɛnˈteɪʃn/,

/ˌɪnstrᵿm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɪnstrəmənˈteɪʃən/,

/ˌɪnstrəˌmɛnˈteɪʃən/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: instrument n., -ation suffix; instrument v., -ation suffix.

Etymology: Partly < instrument n. + -ation suffix, and partly (in later use) < instrument v. + -ation suffix.Compare French instrumentation style in which a piece of music is arranged or orchestrated (1823), Italian strumentazione, (now literary) istrumentazione act of orchestrating a piece of music (1813), instruments in an orchestra collectively (a1835).

1. Music.

a. The action or art of composing or arranging music for a group of instruments, such as an orchestra; arrangement; orchestration. Also: the style in which a piece of music is arranged or orchestrated.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > orchestration

scoring1786

instrumentation1818

instrumentalism1830

orchestration1838

rescoring1874

symphonization1932

1818 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Apr. 202 Delicate and tasteful are..the epithets which characterise Arne's instrumentation.

1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 222 The cantatas..possess not only all the dignity of Gluck, but an instrumentation far more brilliant and spirited.

1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 4 To supply the harmonies, the counterpoints, and even the Instrumentation.

1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 567/2 The most prominent characteristics of good Instrumentation are (I.) Solidity of Structure, (II.) Breadth of Tone, (III.) Boldness of Contrast, and (IV.) Variety of Colouring.

1936 Times 12 Dec. 12/2 Piano accompaniments arranged from..such slight instrumentation as Handel's scores contain.

2006 Financial Times 4 Dec. 13/3 Mozart completed..another [movement], the Kyrie, in all but details of instrumentation.

b. The action of playing a musical instrument; the performance of instrumental music. Also: the style or quality of an instrumental performance.In quots. 1818, 1822 with reference to the human voice regarded as a musical instrument.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun]

glewinga1300

playc1325

sounding1523

playing1535

instrumentation1818

1818 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Apr. 183 The selection of such airs as ‘Nel Cor’..degraded the vox humana to mere instrumentation.

1822 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Jan. 23 No other species of voice produces an equal quantity of pleasure from what I should call mere instrumentation, with the soprano.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 331 (note) Finished instrumentation by an adequate number of performers, exquisite acting, and sweetest singing, might be secured..at a fourth part of the cost.

1893 Yorks. Post 14 Dec. 8/2 The choruses were admirably sung..The instrumentation was excellent.

1931 Manch. Guardian 4 Mar. 6/3 The instrumentation was as flawless as anybody could expect to hear this side of Jordan.

2016 Perth (Ontario) Courier (Nexis) 16 May (Opinion section) 1 This trio finds strength in their vocal harmonies, sweet instrumentation and original material.

c. Musical instruments collectively; the instruments used by a particular group of musicians or in a particular piece of music.

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1884 Biddeford (Maine) Daily Jrnl. 6 Mar. The following is the instrumentation of this orchestra, by actual count of the writer: Fourteen first violins, nine second violins,..cymbals and harp.

1927 Melody Maker Aug. 771/2 Their instrumentation..which, when playing on Sundays, is a combination of piano, flute, 'cello, violin, string bass and tymps.

1967 Films in Rev. Feb. 93/2 Korngold again used an interesting instrumentation—saxophones, templeblocks, and varied percussion combinations.

2013 Nightshift May 11/3 The Velvet Underground-referencing popstrels utilising assorted trinkets and toys alongside traditional instrumentation to fuse summer psychedelia with French chanson, tribal rhythms and a poetic approach to pop.

2. The use of a tool or implement to carry out an invasive medical or surgical procedure; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > use of instruments

instrumentation1832

1832 Lancet 7 July 431/1 I did not attribute the death of the patient to the instrumentation to which he was subjected in the hands of M. Heurteloup.

1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 34 The first principle of instrumentation in the urethra is to avoid the use of force.

1919 Jrnl. Mich. State Med. Soc. 18 9/2 The unqualified midwife and the careless or inexperienced physician, who may bury the poor little ‘toddlekins’ through ill-timed or misapplied instrumentation.

1977 Chest 71 346/1 Aerosol topical anesthesia for instrumentation of the respiratory tract was first described in 1949.

2011 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 924/1 In patients with..recent instrumentation (such as bladder catheterisation or cystoscopy)..organisms such as Escherichia coli are the most likely cause.

3. The use of another person or thing to bring about a result or accomplish a purpose; the action or an act of doing something by means of an instrument. Also: an instrument or means; means or instruments collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun]

ministration1495

moyena1578

ministry1581

agency1625

instrumentalness1632

instrumentality1646

instrumency1652

canal1722

instrumentation1841

1841 Examiner 16 Oct. 1/3 Ten years ago, it [sc. the journal] would have subjected the Tory Peers of England [to Lynch Law] by the instrumentation of brick-bats and bludgeons.

1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural iv. 91 Having nature as their field and the tool-house of their instrumentations.

1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural xii. 376 Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation, for our human use or handling of so great a fact.

1883 D. C. Murray Hearts III. 140 If I am caught, whether by your instrumentation or not, I shall tell what I know.

1948 Manch. Guardian 24 Jan. 3/2 Staff arrangements between the United States and ourselves..were operating through the instrumentation of the United Nations.

2012 S. M. Smith Christian Ritualizing & Baptismal Process i. iii. 27 From Christ's divinity, grace flows through the conjoined instrumentation of his humanity.

a. The instruments or instrumental components installed in a device, machine, vehicle, laboratory, etc., or used for a particular scientific or industrial purpose.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > collectively

tooling1673

instrumentation1872

1872 G. W. Royston-Pigott in Monthly Microsc. Jrnl. Dec. 269 The final measurement of a delicate object..requires to be done without any change whatever of the observing instrumentation.

1884 D. G. Mitchell Bound Together, Highways & Parks 248 Something more is needed than the Engineer, stiff with his instrumentation and his equations and his economies of line.

1959 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 15/6 The instrumentation on the ground and in the missile recorded the flight satisfactorily.

1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 120/2 Stein's natural timbre is smoky, except when she becomes agitated and her voice cranks up to speeds that suggest a fragile device whose instrumentation might blow.

2013 L. Billings Five Billion Years Solitude viii. 202 The mirror and its support structure alone, sans instrumentation, would weigh more than 45,000 kilograms.

b. Originally U.S. The practice or science of designing, constructing, and installing instruments for observation, measurement, etc. Also: the action of equipping a machine, facility, laboratory, etc., with such instruments; the state of being so equipped.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for measurement or control

conformator1874

control equipment1899

probe1924

instrumentation1932

monitor1948

1932 M. F. Béhar Fund. Instrumentation p. xi I confidently predict the early recognition of Instrumentation as a distinct branch of engineering and as a distinct field of scientific management.

1949 Trans. Soc. Instrument Technol. 1 v. 21/1 The extent of instrumentation..is greater than it is in comparable British plants, although the most modern of these are just as comprehensively instrumented as their opposite numbers in the U.S.A.

1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors xiii. 157 Instrumentation of a nuclear power reactor is commonly undertaken on a very large scale.

1980 Guardian 10 Nov. 13/2 In the last year a brand new department of instrumentation and analytical science has been created from scratch.

2004 Eur. Physical Jrnl. C 34 103/1 More than ever, the world-wide community of particle physicists is dependent on..[the] timely construction, deployment and instrumentation of the Large Hadron Collider.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	instrumentation
释义	instrumentationn. Brit. /ˌɪnstrᵿmɛnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌɪnstrᵿm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɪnstrəmənˈteɪʃən/, /ˌɪnstrəˌmɛnˈteɪʃən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: instrument n., -ation suffix; instrument v., -ation suffix. Etymology: Partly < instrument n. + -ation suffix, and partly (in later use) < instrument v. + -ation suffix.Compare French instrumentation style in which a piece of music is arranged or orchestrated (1823), Italian strumentazione, (now literary) istrumentazione act of orchestrating a piece of music (1813), instruments in an orchestra collectively (a1835). 1. Music. a. The action or art of composing or arranging music for a group of instruments, such as an orchestra; arrangement; orchestration. Also: the style in which a piece of music is arranged or orchestrated. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > orchestration scoring1786 instrumentation1818 instrumentalism1830 orchestration1838 rescoring1874 symphonization1932 1818 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Apr. 202 Delicate and tasteful are..the epithets which characterise Arne's instrumentation. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 222 The cantatas..possess not only all the dignity of Gluck, but an instrumentation far more brilliant and spirited. 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 4 To supply the harmonies, the counterpoints, and even the Instrumentation. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 567/2 The most prominent characteristics of good Instrumentation are (I.) Solidity of Structure, (II.) Breadth of Tone, (III.) Boldness of Contrast, and (IV.) Variety of Colouring. 1936 Times 12 Dec. 12/2 Piano accompaniments arranged from..such slight instrumentation as Handel's scores contain. 2006 Financial Times 4 Dec. 13/3 Mozart completed..another [movement], the Kyrie, in all but details of instrumentation. b. The action of playing a musical instrument; the performance of instrumental music. Also: the style or quality of an instrumental performance.In quots. 1818, 1822 with reference to the human voice regarded as a musical instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun] glewinga1300 playc1325 sounding1523 playing1535 instrumentation1818 1818 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Apr. 183 The selection of such airs as ‘Nel Cor’..degraded the vox humana to mere instrumentation. 1822 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Jan. 23 No other species of voice produces an equal quantity of pleasure from what I should call mere instrumentation, with the soprano. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 331 (note) Finished instrumentation by an adequate number of performers, exquisite acting, and sweetest singing, might be secured..at a fourth part of the cost. 1893 Yorks. Post 14 Dec. 8/2 The choruses were admirably sung..The instrumentation was excellent. 1931 Manch. Guardian 4 Mar. 6/3 The instrumentation was as flawless as anybody could expect to hear this side of Jordan. 2016 Perth (Ontario) Courier (Nexis) 16 May (Opinion section) 1 This trio finds strength in their vocal harmonies, sweet instrumentation and original material. c. Musical instruments collectively; the instruments used by a particular group of musicians or in a particular piece of music. ΚΠ 1884 Biddeford (Maine) Daily Jrnl. 6 Mar. The following is the instrumentation of this orchestra, by actual count of the writer: Fourteen first violins, nine second violins,..cymbals and harp. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 771/2 Their instrumentation..which, when playing on Sundays, is a combination of piano, flute, 'cello, violin, string bass and tymps. 1967 Films in Rev. Feb. 93/2 Korngold again used an interesting instrumentation—saxophones, templeblocks, and varied percussion combinations. 2013 Nightshift May 11/3 The Velvet Underground-referencing popstrels utilising assorted trinkets and toys alongside traditional instrumentation to fuse summer psychedelia with French chanson, tribal rhythms and a poetic approach to pop. 2. The use of a tool or implement to carry out an invasive medical or surgical procedure; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > use of instruments instrumentation1832 1832 Lancet 7 July 431/1 I did not attribute the death of the patient to the instrumentation to which he was subjected in the hands of M. Heurteloup. 1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 34 The first principle of instrumentation in the urethra is to avoid the use of force. 1919 Jrnl. Mich. State Med. Soc. 18 9/2 The unqualified midwife and the careless or inexperienced physician, who may bury the poor little ‘toddlekins’ through ill-timed or misapplied instrumentation. 1977 Chest 71 346/1 Aerosol topical anesthesia for instrumentation of the respiratory tract was first described in 1949. 2011 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 924/1 In patients with..recent instrumentation (such as bladder catheterisation or cystoscopy)..organisms such as Escherichia coli are the most likely cause. 3. The use of another person or thing to bring about a result or accomplish a purpose; the action or an act of doing something by means of an instrument. Also: an instrument or means; means or instruments collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] ministration1495 moyena1578 ministry1581 agency1625 instrumentalness1632 instrumentality1646 instrumency1652 canal1722 instrumentation1841 1841 Examiner 16 Oct. 1/3 Ten years ago, it [sc. the journal] would have subjected the Tory Peers of England [to Lynch Law] by the instrumentation of brick-bats and bludgeons. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural iv. 91 Having nature as their field and the tool-house of their instrumentations. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural xii. 376 Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation, for our human use or handling of so great a fact. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts III. 140 If I am caught, whether by your instrumentation or not, I shall tell what I know. 1948 Manch. Guardian 24 Jan. 3/2 Staff arrangements between the United States and ourselves..were operating through the instrumentation of the United Nations. 2012 S. M. Smith Christian Ritualizing & Baptismal Process i. iii. 27 From Christ's divinity, grace flows through the conjoined instrumentation of his humanity. 4. a. The instruments or instrumental components installed in a device, machine, vehicle, laboratory, etc., or used for a particular scientific or industrial purpose. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > collectively tooling1673 instrumentation1872 1872 G. W. Royston-Pigott in Monthly Microsc. Jrnl. Dec. 269 The final measurement of a delicate object..requires to be done without any change whatever of the observing instrumentation. 1884 D. G. Mitchell Bound Together, Highways & Parks 248 Something more is needed than the Engineer, stiff with his instrumentation and his equations and his economies of line. 1959 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 15/6 The instrumentation on the ground and in the missile recorded the flight satisfactorily. 1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 120/2 Stein's natural timbre is smoky, except when she becomes agitated and her voice cranks up to speeds that suggest a fragile device whose instrumentation might blow. 2013 L. Billings Five Billion Years Solitude viii. 202 The mirror and its support structure alone, sans instrumentation, would weigh more than 45,000 kilograms. b. Originally U.S. The practice or science of designing, constructing, and installing instruments for observation, measurement, etc. Also: the action of equipping a machine, facility, laboratory, etc., with such instruments; the state of being so equipped. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for measurement or control conformator1874 control equipment1899 probe1924 instrumentation1932 monitor1948 1932 M. F. Béhar Fund. Instrumentation p. xi I confidently predict the early recognition of Instrumentation as a distinct branch of engineering and as a distinct field of scientific management. 1949 Trans. Soc. Instrument Technol. 1 v. 21/1 The extent of instrumentation..is greater than it is in comparable British plants, although the most modern of these are just as comprehensively instrumented as their opposite numbers in the U.S.A. 1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors xiii. 157 Instrumentation of a nuclear power reactor is commonly undertaken on a very large scale. 1980 Guardian 10 Nov. 13/2 In the last year a brand new department of instrumentation and analytical science has been created from scratch. 2004 Eur. Physical Jrnl. C 34 103/1 More than ever, the world-wide community of particle physicists is dependent on..[the] timely construction, deployment and instrumentation of the Large Hadron Collider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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