sensitive instrument

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sensitive
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/us
/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/
easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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(Definition ofsensitiveandinstrumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsensitive instrument

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Carbon abundance is low and its measurement will require an extremelysensitiveinstrument.
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It would mean changes in the telephone and in the dial in order to get a much faster and moresensitiveinstrument.
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This is a far moresensitiveinstrumentfor dealing with the inequities in society than trying to manipulate the pay structure.
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She will know that it is based on travel-to-work areas, which are the mostsensitiveinstrumentfor measuring unemployment.
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Hire purchase is not asensitiveinstrument.
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I realised that a much moresensitiveinstrument—something more permanent in our legislation—was necessary to be able to affect the industry one way or the other.
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This is a verysensitiveinstrument... the analytical time needed to measure sample fluorescence is very short.
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In many cases, it is most efficient to isolate eachsensitiveinstrumentfrom the floor.
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Every time we repeat a measurement with asensitiveinstrument, we obtain slightly different results.
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Asensitiveinstrumentcan detect changes of as little as one arc second.
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This difference, if a real-world version of the thought-experiment were actually run, would presumably be able to be measured with appropriately sensitive instruments.
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Differences in mass among isotopes of an element are very small, and the less abundant isotopes of an element are typically very rare, so a verysensitiveinstrumentis required.
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Perhaps courts, with more sensitive instruments, are better coastal navigators than the legislator.
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The entire building shakes and vibrates from the tube and traffic, so one can imagine the difficulties of those trying to attune their sensitive instruments to do their work.
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However, since recording points on the ground may also be of interest in such experiments, sensitive instruments may be needed.
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Sensitive instruments far inland often have to make similar corrections.
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An inertial navigation system is a system which continually determines the position of a vehicle from measurements made entirely within the vehicle using sensitive instruments.
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Amateurs or observatories with limited means tuned their smaller, less sensitive instruments to ten seconds.
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Optical traps are very sensitive instruments and are capable of the manipulation and detection of sub-nanometer displacements for sub-micron dielectric particles.
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This has motivated scientists to design more sophisticated, sensitive instruments such as high frequency radars that can detect drizzle.
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