instrumentation - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some endceramic - an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service furnishings - the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end means - instrumentality used to achieve an end system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" |