Collocations withinstrument
These are words often used in combination withinstrument.
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acoustic instrument
In contrast, the kind of dynamics that shall be explored here shall be close coupled and physical, as they are in an acoustic instrument.
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ancient instrument
It is an ancient instrument rarely played today.
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appropriate instrument
There is a difficulty in finding the appropriate instrument among hundreds.
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assessment instrument
The article describes why and how the test was developed, the theoretical background, the structure of the test, the assessment instrument and special features.
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astronomical instrument
Using active optics technique to control its reflecting corrector makes it a unique astronomical instrument in combining large aperture with wide field of view.
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authentic instruments
Some have survived to the present day; others have disappeared, only to be recreated in order to perform music of the period on authentic instruments.
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band instrument
Later he took up the trombone, which became his primary band instrument.
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binding instrument
However, it is stressed that adopting the guidelines as a binding instrument will have foreseeable repercussions under international law.
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blunt instrument
In this context the truth was a cruel, blunt instrument.
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brass instrument
Cook (1991, 1992) introduced a waveguide model that is capable of synthesising brass instrument tones.
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chosen instrument
They were the chosen instrument, up to a couple of years ago, for an enormous expansion of flying.
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classical instruments
Their music is a mix of folk and classical instruments.
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cockpit instrument
Numerous complaints were also received about inoperative cockpit instrument lights, as well as multiple other malfunctions.
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complex instrument
With a complex instrument, it can be difficult to remember what the relationship is.
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crude instrument
That is a rough and crude instrument to measure the increase in prices.
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data collection instrument
A revised data collection instrument along with training of physicians and public health employees would achieve that goal.
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delicate instrument
We want a much more delicate instrument to deal with problems.
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derivative instruments
The derivative instruments or facilities to be described are all enhancements of such an underlying physical.
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diagnostic instrument
It should be borne in mind that the scale is a screen for depressive symptoms rather than a diagnostic instrument.
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electronic instrument
An interesting case is the way to control a vibrato on an electronic instrument.
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existing instrument
It emerged from an existing instrument, but reflects a technological and cultural leap beyond that tradition.
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exotic instruments
Today, the accordion and guitar have replaced the more exotic instruments.
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flexible instrument
The last-port rule had proved a flexible instrument, then, which might be interpreted or ignored to protect sailors' interests.
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homemade instrument
Driftwood learned to play the guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument.
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ideal instrument
Moreover, the fact that it was made of an unusual material inspired inventors to look beyond the traditional materials of instrumental building to create the ideal instrument.
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instrument builder
He is also a song-writer and instrument builder.
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instrument maker
In the marketplace, the instrument maker represented a microscope's value with a price.
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instrument of destruction
It becomes a thanatological instrument of destruction.
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instrument of ratification
Soon after we have decsions from them we shall be able to announce the deposit of our instrument of ratification.
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instrument package
The micro-rover provides the mounting platform for the scientific instrument package (remote sensing instruments) while each mole carries a sensor head to the laser-based instruments.
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instrument rating
But these men cannot qualify as airline pilots because they have not the necessary licences; they have not the commercial licence and an instrument rating.
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instrument sound
Micro-level information may be data such as the pitch of a single note, or even a representation of a waveform analysis of the instrument sound.
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keyboard instrument
A marimba is a long wooden keyboard instrument with large resonators, usually played by three musicians.
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laboratory instrument
Indeed, he saw it as in fact 'a laboratory instrument'.
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mallet instrument
Eventually, around 1981, mallet instruments were allowed to be grounded, because people realized the folly of carrying the heavy instruments.
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market-based instrument
Providing people with an incentive to 'buy green' is exactly the kind of market-based instrument that will reap the greatest benefits.
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measuring instrument
Non-interference with the flow is an invaluable virtue of a measuring instrument.
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mechanical instrument
The acid could no longer be seen as merely an external, mechanical instrument; it was now necessary to explain why it "coagulated" with a metal.
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melodic instrument
The cornet is the leading melodic instrument in this ensemble and trumpets are never used.
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melody instrument
It was the main melody instrument in early military bands, until it was succeeded by the clarinet.
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monetary instrument
A third, intermediate, monetary instrument is possible: fiduciary currency.
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music instrument
By operating the available control devices, the agent in effect 'plays' the system as if it were a new kind of music instrument.
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navigational instrument
One might add that it is now a painted ship whose radar, sextant, compass and every navigational instrument have broken down.
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optical instrument
In general, a spectrophotometer is an optical instrument for measuring the change in light intensity with wavelength after the light has interacted with a sample.
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orchestral instrument
Mastering an instrument might take a few minutes or much longer, though probably none take anywhere near as long to master as a typical orchestral instrument (except, perhaps, livecoding).
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original instrument
The universality of any design incorporating a representation of the original instrument plus supplementary controllers will never be guaranteed.
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percussion instrument
A significant number wrote that it was a keyboard or percussion instrument and one stated it was a stringed instrument.
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portable instrument
A portable instrument for measuring macular pigment with central fixation.
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powerful instrument
Education is the most powerful instrument of construction when accompanied by a proper program, a sincere, responsible leadership, and clean procedures.
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primary instrument
With changes in the political order of movie regulation, law no longer was the primary instrument for the regulation or policing of human behavior.
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principal instrument
The principal instrument was accelerated implementation of concrete structural reforms such as privatisation.
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recording instrument
Certain recordings are unusable due to various reasons such as technical failure in the recording instrument or failure to elicit the less preferred language on a few occasions.
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scientific instrument
The micro-rover provides the mounting platform for the scientific instrument package (remote sensing instruments) while each mole carries a sensor head to the laser-based instruments.
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screening instrument
A two-item screening instrument for fatigue was developed for the study.
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sensitive instrument
Carbon abundance is low and its measurement will require an extremely sensitive instrument.
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sharp instrument
Those whose tumors were opened with a sharp instrument, from which the outflow occurred all at once, died suddenly.
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solo instrument
The writing for solo instrument, while taxing, is idiomatic and allows the soloist to show off his considerable interpretative skills without struggling with extraneous effects.
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sophisticated instrument
Or, was patronage also a more sophisticated instrument of party management?
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surgical instrument
An example of this type of environment is the surgical environment where most objects in the surgical site have deformed under application of forces, for example from a surgical instrument.
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survey instrument
The survey instrument was developed and refined using focus groups and pretesting.
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traditional instrument
Relevant questions about cross-cultural borrowing and the impact of electronics on the sounds and performance technique of a traditional instrument are discussed.
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valid instrument
Finally, several future research options are proposed in order to attain a straightforward but reliable and valid instrument for measuring receptive vocabulary size.
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various instruments
The abundance of technical manuals for various instruments is daunting, and a review of these will not be attempted here.
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virtual instrument
The relationships encoded in the interface must then be explored physically, developing the 'touch' of the virtual instrument.
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woodwind instrument
When these questionnaires were examined in detail, they were found to be female respondents all of whom played either the piano or a woodwind instrument.
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