(philosophy) In the philosophy of science, the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and theories are true or false (or correctly depict reality), but how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena.

present participle of instrument

simple past tense and past participle of instrument

plural of instrumental

(music) The backing track of a song. The audio of a song without the vocal track.

(transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. / (music, transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice

present participle of instrumentalize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instrumentalize

simple past tense and past participle of instrumentalize

Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation