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      instrument
      noun
      A device used to produce music.
      A means or agency for achieving an effect.
      A measuring or displaying device.
      A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
      (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
      (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
      (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument. [(aviation, usually in the plural) A device that measures and displays data concerning one or more aspects of the situation of an aircraft, such as its altitude, attitude, airspeed, etc.]
      verb
      (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
      (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
      To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
      Roots
      struostru- · Latin · build
      Synonyms for instrument
      toolninstrumentationnvariometerninstrumentalitynorgannspectrohelioscopeaerometer
      Words related to instrument
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      The word instrument breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root stru-, from Latin struo (“build”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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