Definition of Instromental
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.
He was instrumental in conducting the business.
Quotations
*The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth — Shakespeare, Hamlet, I,ii
- (Music): Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.
Quotations
*He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship. — Macaulay
*Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds. — Dryden
- (Grammar): Applied to a case expressing means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective; 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. It continues to be used in Slavic languages.
- (Grammar) The instrumental case.
- (Music) A composition without lyrics.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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