单词 | instrumentarium |
释义 | instrumentariumn. A collection or group of instruments (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [noun] > collectively musica1382 minstrelsyc1390 set1561 orchestra1770 musical1809 family1842 instrumentarium1893 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > set of companion1843 kit1859 battery1885 instrumentarium1893 1893 Davenport (Iowa) Tribune 13 July His [sc. a comet's] progress will be studied whenever the weather conditions permit of the use of Yale's instrumentarium. 1910 E. Playfair tr. M. Neuburger Hist. Med. I. 79 Whether the obstetric instrumentarium [Ger. Instrumentarium] is of European origin or independent of it is still uncertain. 1936 S. W. Visser in Snellius-expedition Netherlands E. Indies III. i. 2 The instrumentarium consisted of one thermograph, one hygrograph, one barograph and two psychrometers. 1951 East & West 2 114/2 Somebody has thought to improve the performance of an operation by creating highly specialized instrumentaria. 1980 Early Music Gaz. July 9/1 The Ensemble..have in their instrumentarium a complete consort of renaissance recorders. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 Jan. (Arts & Leisure section) 25/1 The saxophone..has seldom achieved prominence in the classical instrumentarium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893 |
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