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scientific instrument

equipment specifically designed to facilitate the acquisition of scientific data
Class type of: physical tool, measuring instrument Q3099911

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
type of tool
Subclass of
physical tool, measuring instrument[2][3]
Has use
science, calculation[4][5]
Main Wikidata property
P1202[6]
Properties for this type
P2575[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en science instrument en science aparatus en research device en scientific instrument en scientific equipment en scientific device ar أداة علمية ar جهاز علمي ar معدات علمية cs výzkumné zařízení cs vědecký nástroj cs vědecké zařízení cs výzkumný přístroj cs vědecký přístroj da videnskabenligt instrument de wissenschaftliches Gerät es Instrumental científico es aparato científico es instrumento científico es Instrumentos científicos
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85118677
GND ID
4190105-8
OpenAlex ID
C207520454
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300122283
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/1097
BNCF Thesaurus ID
1425
BabelNet ID
14382043n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
131627890
Dewey Decimal Classification
681.75
EuroVoc ID
3842
FactGrid item ID
Ostufer Schweriner See
Freebase ID
/m/04n4dpy
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Grove Art Online ID
T076980
ISOCAT ID
4586
J9U entity ID
987007563102205171
KBpedia ID
ScientificInstrument
MetaSat ID
instrument
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
207520454
NL CR AUT ID
ph127376
National Library of Latvia ID
000051332
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX575282
Quora topic ID
Scientific-Instrument
RKD thesaurus ID
65178
SVKKL authority ID
0301243-vedecke-pristroje
Topic's main category
Category:Scientific instruments
UMLS Semantic Network ID
T075
UNESCO Thesaurus ID
concept654
Yale LUX ID
concept/b5b5a076-e718-4cfc-b8f3-9efde482cff5

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🔗 Connections
Examples 23
optical telescope, particle detector, Vernier scale, Barlow lens, Secchi disk, Abbe refractometer, Abbe prism, Fizeau–Foucault apparatus +15 more
Subtypes 22
electroscope, wind tunnel, stroboscope, electrometer, Magdeburg hemispheres, synthetic aperture radar, Schmidt camera, optical tweezers +14 more
← Product or material produced 4
Agilent Technologies, Mettler Toledo, Shimadzu Corp., Labcyte (company)
← Field of work 3
Heinrich Geißler, Arthur Morin, Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly
Has use 2
science, calculation
Subclass of 2
physical tool, measuring instrument
← Depicts 2
The Astronomer, Pasteur's portrait by Edelfelt
FactGrid item ID 1
Ostufer Schweriner See
Topic's main category 1
Category:Scientific instruments
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Scientific equipment
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Scientific instruments
← Industry 1
JEOL
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Summary

scientific instrument is a type of tool[1].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISOCAT ID → 4586
    "Created claim: ISOCAT ID: 4586, Matched to research instrument (#7329769) in ISOCAT #mix'n'matc"
  2. 17w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    EuroVoc ID → 3842
    "Created claim: EuroVoc ID: 3842, batch #260985"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0301243-vedecke-pristroje
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0301243-vedecke-pristroje, batch #259494"
  4. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → physical tool, measuring instrument
    Topic's main category → Category:Scientific instruments
    Properties for this type → P2575
    Has use → science, calculation
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007563102205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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