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English Dictionary: instrumental by the DICT Development Group
2 results for instrumental
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
instrumental
adj
  1. relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble"
    Antonym(s): vocal
  2. serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"
    Synonym(s): implemental, instrumental, subservient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Instrumental \In`stru*men"tal\, a. [Cf. F. instrumental.]
      1. Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing
            to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was
            instrumental in conducting the business.
  
                     The head is not more native to the heart, The hand
                     more instrumental to the mouth.         --Shak.
  
      2. (Mus.) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an
            instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental
            music, distinguished from vocal music. [bd]He defended the
            use of instrumental music in public worship.[b8]
            --Macaulay.
  
                     Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. (Gram.) Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as,
            the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a
            separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative,
            and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a
            separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few
            anomalous forms.
  
      {Instrumental errors}, those errors in instrumental
            measurements, etc., which arise, exclusively from want of
            mathematical accuracy in an instrument.
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