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apparatus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apparatus \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apparatus n 1: designed to serve a specific function [syn: {setup}] 2: (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
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