Noun

• S: (n) measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
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• S: (n) instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)
• S: (n) analyzer, analyser (an instrument that performs analyses)
• S: (n) cautery, cauterant (an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it)
• S: (n) drafting instrument (an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings)
• S: (n) engine (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.) "medieval engines of war"
• S: (n) extractor (an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components)
• S: (n) harmonium, organ, reed organ (a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows)
• S: (n) instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)
• S: (n) instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)
• S: (n) measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
• S: (n) medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)
• S: (n) navigational instrument (an instrument used for navigating)
• S: (n) optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)
• S: (n) plotter (an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures)
• S: (n) scientific instrument (an instrument used by scientists)
• S: (n) sonograph (an instrument that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves in order to provide an image of a bodily organ)
• S: (n) surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument (an instrument used by surveyors)
• S: (n) tracer (an instrument used to make tracings)
• S: (n) weapon, arm, weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting) "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
• S: (n) whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)