SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scientific instrument mean? 

• SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT (noun)
  The noun SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT has 1 sense:

1. an instrument used by scientists

  Familiarity information: SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument used by scientists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scientific instrument" is a kind of...):

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scientific instrument"):

accelerator; atom smasher; particle accelerator (a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles)

console (a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system))

hodoscope ((physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle)

kicksorter; pulse height analyzer (scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass)

cymograph; kymograph (scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure))

magnetograph (a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field))

magnifier (a scientific instrument that magnifies an image)

microtome (scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination)

strobe; strobe light; stroboscope (scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary)

t-scope; tachistoscope (scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures)

telemeter (any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer)