instrumented

[in-struh-men-tid]

adjective

1. equipped with instruments to perform specified functions, as testing, measurement, or control.

   an instrumented railroad car.

Word History and Origins

Origin of instrumented¹

First recorded in 1945–50; instrument + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The letter cited concerns about joint work between the U.S. and China's Meteorological Administration on "instrumented balloons", as well as more than a dozen U.S.

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Then we browsed the For You page feed for each sockpuppet, recording what we saw via WebArchive.page, a specially instrumented web browser that archives all the data involved in a browsing session locally.

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When NASA’s most powerful rocket ever attempts its first flight this month, its highest profile payload will be three instrumented mannequins, setting off on a 42-day journey beyond the Moon and back.

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Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, a U.S. naval facility, is the world's largest instrumented, "multi-dimensional" testing and training missile range, according to the U.S.

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My colleagues at Brigham Young University and I instrumented a figure skating blade with sensors that would measure force.

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