"instrumentation" meaning in English

See instrumentation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-instrumentation.wav [US] Forms: instrumentations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: instrument + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instrument|ation}} instrument + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} instrumentation (countable and uncountable, plural instrumentations)
  1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-instrumentation-en-noun-D4-gSCh3
  2. The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: orchestration
    Sense id: en-instrumentation-en-noun-sSjyDa1L
  3. The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-instrumentation-en-noun-kFmI-0uR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 36 24 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 14 12 33 27 14
  4. (automotive) On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-instrumentation-en-noun-fhDhqfz~ Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  5. (by extension, computing) The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-instrumentation-en-noun-sIbM~NXl Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bioinstrumentation, instrumentational, postinstrumentation, reinstrumentation

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