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Measuring instrument - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Gramophone, Teletype, Accelerometer, Adapt, Agency, Agent, Altimeter, Amanuensis, Ammeter
Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

In physics and engineering, measurement is the activity of comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the measurement results in a given number for the relationship between the item under study and the referenced unit of measurement. Measuring instruments are the means by which this translation is made.

Physicists use a vast range of instruments to perform their measurements. These range from simple objects such as rulers and stopwatches to electron microscopes and particle accelerators.

History of Weights and Measures
Timeline of time measurement technology
Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology


Example Usage of instrument
BurlyQEinstein: @BaronessHeather I have a weakness for any instrument player, but piano is my big weakness... The fingers are so nimble. Mmmm.
Papa_C_Los: @cmleclaire no one writes or plays an instrument anymore, save Carrie Underwood.
GoodAssLettuce: Attention residents of South Campus NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING OR PLAY YOUR instrument PLEASE STOP. That is all thank you.
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