instrumentation
noun/ˌɪnstrəmenˈteɪʃn/
/ˌɪnstrəmenˈteɪʃn/
[uncountable]- a set of instruments used in operating a vehicle or a machine
- the aircraft’s instrumentation
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- the way in which a piece of music is written for a particular group of instruments
- the standard pop instrumentation of two guitars, bass and drums
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from instrumenter ‘to instrument’, from Latin instrumentum, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.
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