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Definition of Noninstrumental
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noninstrumental
Literary usage of Noninstrumental
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Instructions for Cooperative Observers by Weather Bureau, United States Weather Bureau, Instrument Division, United States (1915)
"EARTHQUAKES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR noninstrumental OBSERVATION IMPORTANCE OF
EARTHQUAKE DATA 76- While really destructive earthquakes are unusual, ..."
2. Service Monographs of the United States Government by Brookings Institution Institute for Government Research (1922)
"The data are of two kinds—noninstrumental reports of earthquakes felt, ...
The noninstrumental reports are rendered by all the regular stations and by ..."
3. Integrating Social Science & Ecosystem Management: A National Challenge by Linda Caldwell, Shela Mou (1997)
"Aesthetic value is a type of noninstrumental value in which beauty is the concept
of what is good. Sagoff (1991) notes that nature may be valued as an ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Throughout the expeditions of 1894 and 1895, noninstrumental observations were
made on winds, clouds, precipitation, frosts, etc., and noted with ..."
5. Opposition and Dissent in Contemporary China by Peter R. Moody (1977)
"But the denial of the existence of absolute standards seems to entail the denial
of any noninstrumental judgment of value and, pragmatically, ..."
6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... palimpsest — John Simon, New York 5 Apr. 1976 Today's pop record is a palimpsest
of noninstrumental sounds —Richard R. Lingeman, NY Times Mag.. 27 Nov. ..."
7. The 18th Century Climate of Jamaica Derived from the Journals of Thomas by Michael Chenoweth, Thomas Thistlewood (2003)
"Furthermore, several years of close observation of the local weather led him to
scrutinize, and more accurately categorize, his noninstrumental estimates of ..."
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