- plural of instrument.
- present tense form of instrument (3rd person singular).
instruments
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The work has brought the observatory's powerful instruments into exceptionally sharp focus, with its main camera system now delivering image quality nearly 30% better than predicted.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Scientists measure Antarctic sea ice using satellites equipped with instruments called passive microwave sensors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Obtaining these measurements requires instruments capable of distinguishing extremely fine details in the light collected from distant planetary atmospheres.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Shylock’s pound of flesh invokes this divine commandment, which would have been familiar to everyone in early modern Europe as governments began using bonds as financial instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
After accounting for the crew that had been outside during the explosion, they turned back to their instruments and discovered that the water level in unit 2 had started to go down.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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