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Apparatus

Apparatus Definition And Meaning
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.

Apparatus Definition And Meaning

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

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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