(transitive) To apply measuring devices. / (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan. / To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

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.

(philosophy) In the philosophy of science, the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and theories are true or false (or correctly depict reality), but how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena.

The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments

plural of instrumental

(music) The backing track of a song. The audio of a song without the vocal track.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instrumentalize

present participle of instrumentalize

plural of instrumentalizer

One who instrumentalizes.