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apparatus

/ˌæpɚˈætəs/

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What does apparatus mean?

noun

  1. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
  2. A complex machine or instrument.
  3. An assortment of tools and instruments.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
  2. A vehicle used for emergency response.
  3. Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
  4. Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
  5. A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
  6. In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌæpɚˈætəs/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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As we walked, I thought the light of our Ruhmkorff apparatus could not fail to draw some inhabitant from its dark couch.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
You will pardon me for bringing such a simple and crude apparatus before you in a lecture, but I ask your forbearance.
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
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The mechanical arrangements, the machine tools, and other appliances, were found insufficient for the economical production of the apparatus of modern warfare.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
The feeder connections were all at the front of the building, and the general voltage control apparatus was on the floor above.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
Some exhibitionists have been genuine curiosities of this sort, while others by skilfully arranged electric apparatus are enabled to perform their feats.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747