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Instrumentation vs Equipment - What's the difference?

instrumentation | equipment |

As nouns the difference between instrumentation and equipment

is that instrumentation is the act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency while equipment is the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

instrumentation

English

Noun

  • The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
  • The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
  • The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
  • 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.

    equipment

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
  • Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage
  • * 11 July 2013 , Jo Confino in The Guardian Online'', ''How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/technology-stopped-evolution-destroying-world?INTCMP=SRCH]
  • Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.