An instrument is a concrete or abstract tool intended for a purpose other than mechanical work, in particular a refined one.
Musical instruments are devices designed to produce music, frequently by plucking or striking a string or bell or drum surface, or by forcing air to resonate (see wind instruments).
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Coronelismo (reference to machine politics)
Integralism (influnential Brazilian fascist movement in the 1930s)
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