Apparatus

What do we mean by apparatus?

An appliance or device for a particular purpose. noun

An integrated group of materials or devices used for a particular purpose: synonym: equipment. noun

The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government. noun

A political organization or an underground political movement. noun

A group or system of organs that collectively perform a specific function or process. noun

The critical and source material, usually including notes and a glossary, that accompanies a scholarly edition of a text. noun

An equipment of things provided and adapted as means to some end; especially, a collection, combination, or set of machinery, tools, instruments, utensils, appliances, or materials intended, adapted, and necessary for the accomplishment of some purpose, such as mechanical work, experimenting, etc.: as, chemical, philosophical, or surgical apparatus.

Specifically— In physiology, a collection of organs which, though differing in structure, all minister to the same function: as, the respiratory apparatus; the digestive apparatus.

A collection of materials for any literary work: as, critical apparatus for the study of the Greek text of the New Testament.

Things provided as means to some end. noun

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. noun

A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function. noun

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. noun

A complex machine or instrument. noun

An assortment of tools or instruments. noun

A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage. noun

A vehicle used for emergency response. noun

Equipment designed to serve a specific function noun

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

A complex machine or instrument.

An assortment of tools and instruments.

A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

A vehicle used for emergency response.

Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”

Words that are spelled similarly to apparatus:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word apparatus:
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Words that rhyme with apparatus:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe apparatus:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective apparatus:
balance, point, primatum, insulation, list, cases, work, the, compressibility, noise.

Words that sound like apparatus:
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