Definition of "instrumentation" in English

noun

1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.

2. The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.

   • They changed the woodwind instrumentation to piccollos and saxophones, and as a result it sounded much more clumsy.

3. The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.

   • He had a wonderful instrumentation.

4. (automotive) On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.

   • The car's instrumentation included fuel, temperature, voltimeter and oil pressure gauges, along with a speedometer and tachometer.

5. (by extension, computing) The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.

   • bytecode instrumentation