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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Instrumentation

/ĭnˌ-strəm-ĕnˌ-tāsh'-ən/ · In·stru·men·ta·tion · IPA /ˌɪnstrəmˌɛntˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
  1. 1.
    The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
    “Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact.” — H. Bushnell.
  2. 2.
    The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.(Mus.)
  3. 3.
    The act of using instruments to measure or control the behavior of an object, as a patient in a hospital or a machine being tested while under development.
  4. 4.
    The act of furnishing or attaching instruments to/
  5. 5.
    The set of instruments included in a system; as, a harvester with modern instrumentation.