Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having instruments attached for the purpose of measuring conditions while under observation; -- said of a person under medical observation or a machine whose performance is being tested.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
instrument .
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Examples
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It was the first time the Agency used an "instrumented" missile to confirm the laser works as expected.
A Laser Defense Hit 2009
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… But this secure, 'instrumented' future is frightening for many civil liberties advocates.
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I use the word "instrumented" very directly here - the last thing I want is a bunch of spam results - pointless, irrelevant come ons for brands or models in which I most likely have no interest.
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2010
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"Perfect Citizen" for the NSA, which would see infrastructure networks - for instance power, telecoms or transport systems - "instrumented" in order to detect possible attempts to attack them.
The Register 2010
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Asylum's MFP NanoIndenter is a true "instrumented" indenter and is the first AFM-based indenter that does not use cantilevers as part of the indenting mechanism.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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It was the first time the Agency used an "instrumented" missile to confirm the laser works as expected.
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"instrumented", and clever technologies are being adopted to use the real-time data to make things safer, quicker and greener.
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On the contrary, he is busy marketing his grand idea of a "Smarter Planet", an instrumented world in which 70% of the global population will be urban dwellers by 2050 and where devices, people and cities will all be connected.
Big Blue's 2010 In India Seema Singh 2011
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Lower crime rates in New York City show the potential of an interconnected, instrumented, intelligent world being delivered in terms of real, tangible, multifaceted ROI.
Bridget van Kralingen: We Need to Redefine ROI In Our Everyday World Bridget van Kralingen 2010
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Lower crime rates in New York City show the potential of an interconnected, instrumented, intelligent world being delivered in terms of real, tangible, multifaceted ROI.
Bridget van Kralingen: We Need to Redefine ROI In Our Everyday World Bridget van Kralingen 2010
vanishedone commented on the word instrumented
See citation on instrument.
March 21, 2008