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instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration orchestra and orchestration, an orchestra is a musical ensemble of mixed instruments based on strings and winds, under the direction of a conductor, employing four classes of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. ..... Click the link for more information. . instrumentationIn technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment. Among the oldest known instruments of measurement was the armillary sphere, an astronomical instrument used in ancient China and Greece. The compass was a striking advance in navigational instrumentation made about the 11th century. Theodolites made accurate determination of locations possible in the 18th century. Instrumentation developed rapidly in the Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing required precision instruments, such as the screw micrometer, which could measure 0.0001 in. (0.0025 mm). The industrial application of electricity required instruments to measure current, voltage, and resistance. Today most manufacturing processes rely on instrumentation for monitoring chemical, physical, and environmental properties. Instruments used in medicine and biomedical research are just as varied as those in industry. See also analysis. instrumentation 1. the instruments specified in a musical score or arrangement 2. another word for orchestration 3. the study of the characteristics of musical instruments instrumentation [‚in·strə·men′tā·shən] (engineering) Designing, manufacturing, and utilizing physical instruments or instrument systems for detection, observation, measurement, automatic control, automatic computation, communication, or data processing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He was promoted to chief of the Instrumentation Engineering section in 1965, to chief of the Instrumentation Design Branch in 1980, and to chief of the Instrumentation Operations Branch in 1985. Honeywell, Phoenix, Arizona, USA has signed an agreement to standardize its automation project engineering on Smart-Plant[R] Instrumentation, an instrumentation engineering solution powered by INtools[R], from Intergraph Process, Power & Marine. The college's Geology Engineering Technology, Mining Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology and Instrumentation Engineering Technology programs have also achieved national accreditation from CTAB. |
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