About The Word Instrumental

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Instrumental

Instrumental Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Instrumental?
[adj] serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"
[adj] relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble" Synonyms | Synonyms for Instrumental: helpful | implemental Related Terms | Find terms related to Instrumental: accessory | adjuvant | advantageous | agential | agentival | agentive | ancillary | assistant | assisting | auxiliary | beneficial | catalytic | concert | conducive | contributory | dramatico-musical | employable | facilitating | favoring | forwarding | fostering | handy | helpful | helping | important | intermediary | jazz | jazzy | mediating | mediatorial | ministerial | ministering | ministrant | nurtural | nutricial | of service | orchestral | promoting | rock | serviceable | serving | significant | subservient | subsidiary | supporting | supportive | swing | symphonic | syncopated | useful | utilitarian | valuable See Also | Instrumental In Webster's Dictionary \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. ``He defended the
use of instrumental music in public worship.'' --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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