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Webster 1913 Edition


Instrumental

Inˊstru-men′tal

,
Adj.
[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.
Shakespeare
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 and Russian 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 lack of mathematical accuracy in an instrument.

Webster 1828 Edition


Instrumental

INSTRUMENT'AL

,
Adj.
Conducive as an instrument or means to some end; contributing aid; serving to promote or effect an object; helpful. The press has been instrumental in enlarging the bounds of knowledge.
1.
Pertaining to instruments; made by instruments; as instrumental music, distinguished form vocal music, which is made by the human voice.

Definition 2024


inštrumentál

inštrumentál

Slovak

Noun

inštrumentál m (genitive singular inštrumentálu, nominative plural inštrumentaly, declension pattern of dub)

  1. instrumental (grammatical case)

Declension

Synonyms

  • siedmy pád