Instrumentation

Quick meaning: Instrumentation is a noun meaning The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (music) The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
2. (automotive) On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
3. Monitoring gauges for any machine, such as a reactor.
4. (by extension, computing) The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
5. (law, criminology) The use of tools, instruments, or technical methods in the commission of a crime.
6. (music) The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.

Example Sentences

bytecode instrumentation

He had a wonderful instrumentation.

The car's instrumentation included fuel, temperature, voltimeter and oil pressure gauges, along with a speedometer and tachometer.

Xcode is Apple's toolkit for developers. It includes an IDE, a design tool (Interface Builder), a compiler, and the iOS emulator, as well as a set of tools for instrumentation and performance analysis.

Word Forms

• instrumentations

Synonyms for instrumentation

Depending on context, synonyms include orchestration, instrumentality.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include instrumentality, instrument, enactment, operationalization, device, measurement.

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