About The Word Apparatus
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Apparatus
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What's The Definition Of Apparatus?
[n] equipment designed to serve a specific function
[n] (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus" Synonyms | Synonyms for Apparatus: setup Related Terms | Find terms related to Apparatus: accouterments | alembic | appliance | appliances | appointments | appurtenances | armament | aspirator | bag and baggage | baggage | beaker | blowpipe | Bunsen burner | burette | capillary tube | condenser | contraption | contrivance | conveniences | crucible | deflagrating spoon | desiccator | device | distiller | duffel | dunnage | equipage | equipment | Erlenmeyer flask | etna | facilities | facility | fittings | fixtures | furnishings | furniture | gadget | gear | gimcrack | gimmick | gizmo | habiliments | hand tool | impedimenta | implement | installations | instrument | Kipp generator | kit | luggage | machine | machinery | materiel | matrass | means | mechanical device | munition | munitions | outfit | paraphernalia | pestle and mortar | pipette | plant | plumbing | power tool | precision balance | precision tool | provisions | reagent bottle | receiver | retort | rig | rigging | speed tool | still | stock-in-trade | supplies | tackle | tackling | test tube | things | tool | traps | utensil | utensils See Also | aerator | auditory apparatus | body part | brooder | burner | cascade liquefier | centrifuge | chemical reactor | cloud chamber | condenser | copier | duplicator | electrograph | equipment | extractor | generator | heat pump | heliograph | incubator | instillator | Kipp's apparatus | lighting | nuclear reactor | optical bench | pendulum | purifier | reactor | reformer | semaphore | separator | sequenator | sequencer | soda fountain | still | submersible | telegraph | telegraphy | titrator | Wilson cloud chamber | X-ray machine Apparatus In Webster's Dictionary \Ap"pa*ratus\, n.; pl. {Apparatus}, also rarely
{Apparatuses}. [L., from apparare, apparatum, to prepare; ad
+ prepare to make ready.]
1. Things provided as means to some end.
2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or
utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any
complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical,
for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
3. (Physiol.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a
common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
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