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instrumental
  سازالی   
sâzâli

Fr.: instrumentale   

Of, relating to, or performed by or with one or more instruments.
See also:
instrumental broadening, → instrumental flexure, → instrumental magnitude, → instrumental profile, → instrumental response function, → instrumentalism, → instrumentalist.

Adj. of → instrument.

instrumental broadening
  پهنش ِ سازالی   
pahneš-e sâzâli

Fr.: élargissement instrumental   

The broadening of a point source caused by the response functions of the telescope and the instrument used.

instrumental; → broadening.

instrumental flexure
  چفتگی ِ سازال   
caftegi-ye sâzâl

Fr.: flexion d'instrument   

An image defect caused by the mechanical flexure of materials; for example the curved-shape image of a long slit in a spectrograph.

instrumental; → flexure.

instrumental magnitude
  برز ِ سازالی   
borz-e sâzâli

Fr.: magnitude instrumentale   

The magnitude derived directly using → Pogson's relation. The instrumental magnitude depends on → detectorsensitivity, telescope → aperture, exact filter → bandpass, etc. It must be → calibrated to some standard → photometric system.

instrumental; → magnitude.

instrumental profile
  فراپال ِ سازالی   
farâpâl-e sâzâli

Fr.: profil instrumental   

The shape of instrument's response to the input signal. The Fourier transform of the source function by the instrument function.

instrumental; → profile.

instrumental response function
  کریای ِ پاسخ ِ سازال   
karyâ-ye pâsox-e sâzâl

Fr.: fonction de la réponse instrumentale   

The mathematical form of the way an instrument affects the input signal.

instrumental; → response; → function.

instrumentalism
  سازال‌باوری   
sâzâlbâvari

Fr.: instrumentalisme   

In the philosophy of science, the pragmatic view that a scientific theory is no more than a useful instrument or tool for getting our experiences in some order.

instrumental; → -ism.

instrumentalist
  سازالگر   
sâzâlgar

Fr.: instrumentaliste   

An astronomer, engineer, or technician who is concerned with the construction of astronomical instruments.

instrumental + → -ist.