Instrument

"Instrument" :- It serves as an extension of human faculties and enables the man to determine the value of unknown quantity or variable which his unaided human faculties cannot measure. Instrument may refer to:

Science and technology

Flight instruments, the devices used to measure the speed, altitude, and pertinent flight angles of various kinds of aircraft
Laboratory equipment, the measuring tools used in a scientific laboratory, often electronic in nature
Mathematical instrument,devices used in geometric construction or measurements in astronomy, surveying and navigation
Measuring instrument, a device used to measure or compare physical properties
Medical instrument, a device used to diagnose or treat diseases
Optical instrument, relies on the properties of light
Quantum instrument, a mathematical object in quantum theory combining the concepts of measurement and quantum operation
Scientific instrument, a device used to collect scientific data
Surgical instrument
Vehicle instrument, a device measuring parameters of a vehicle, such as its speed or position
Weather instrument, a device used to record aspects of the weather

Music

Musical instrument, a device designed to produce musical sounds
- Experimental musical instrument
Percussion instrument, which is struck
String instrument, uses vibrating strings
Transposing instrument, allows music to be played in a different key
Wind instrument, which is blown
- Brass instrument, a sub type of wind instruments
- Woodwind instrument, another sub type

Other uses

Instrument (film), a documentary of the band Fugazi, directed by Jem Cohen
Instruments (application), a performance visualizer
Instrumental variable, a method used in statistics
Financial instrument, a formal documentation of a financial transaction
Legal instrument, a formal documentation of a status or transaction
Negotiable instrument, a type of contract
Statutory instrument, a form of legislation

Science and technology

Music

Other uses

See also