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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun apparatus has 2 senses
- apparatus(n = noun.artifact) setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function; Array has particulars: aerator, burner, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, extractor, separator, chemical reactor, condenser, copier, duplicator, electrograph, generator, heat pump, heliograph, brooder, incubator, instillator, kipp's apparatus, lighting, nuclear reactor, reactor, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, reformer, semaphore, sequenator, sequencer, soda fountain, still, submersible, telegraph, telegraphy, titrator, x-ray machine
- apparatus(n = noun.body) Array - (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus" is a kind of body part
is a kind of equipment
has particulars: auditory apparatus
CIDE DICTIONARY
apparatus, n. [L., from apparare, apparatum, to prepare; ad + prepare to make ready.].
- Things provided as means to some end. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
apparatus, n.
1 the equipment needed for a particular purpose or function, esp. scientific or technical.
2 a political or other complex organization.
3 Anat. the organs used to perform a particular process.
4 (in full apparatus criticus) a collection of variants and annotations accompanying a printed text and usu. appearing below it.
1 the equipment needed for a particular purpose or function, esp. scientific or technical.
2 a political or other complex organization.
3 Anat. the organs used to perform a particular process.
4 (in full apparatus criticus) a collection of variants and annotations accompanying a printed text and usu. appearing below it.
Etymology
L f. apparare apparat- make ready for
THESAURUS
apparatus
Bunsen burner, Erlenmeyer flask, Kipp generator, accouterments, alembic, appliance, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armament, aspirator, bag and baggage, baggage, beaker, blowpipe, burette, capillary tube, condenser, contraption, contrivance, conveniences, crucible, deflagrating spoon, desiccator, device, distiller, duffel, dunnage, equipage, equipment, etna, facilities, facility, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gadget, gear, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, habiliments, hand tool, impedimenta, implement, installations, instrument, 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, utensilsROGET THESAURUS
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Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.
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