[syn: orchestration, instrumentation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Orchestration \Or`ches*tra"tion\, n. (Mus.)
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral
treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Instrumentation \In`stru*men*ta"tion\, n.
1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or
combination of instruments; means; agency.
[1913 Webster]
Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for
our human use or handling of so great a fact. --H.
Bushnell.
2. (Mus.)
(a) The arrangement of a musical composition for
performance by a number of different instruments;
orchestration; instrumental composition; composition
for an orchestra or military band.
(b) The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments;
performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
3. The act of using instruments to measure or control the
behavior of an object, as a patient in a hospital or a
machine being tested while under development.
[PJC]
4. The act of furnishing or attaching instruments to/
[PJC]
5. The set of instruments included in a system; as, a
harvester with modern instrumentation.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
instrumentation
n 1: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental
in accomplishing some end [syn: instrumentality,
instrumentation]
2: the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some
implementation
3: the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement
for a band or orchestra
4: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and
assigning parts to the different musical instruments [syn:
orchestration, instrumentation]