Definitions for apparatus
ˌæp əˈræt əs, -ˈreɪ təsap·pa·ra·tus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. apparatus, setupnoun

   equipment designed to serve a specific function

2. apparatusnoun

   (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

   "the breathing apparatus"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apparatusnoun

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

2. apparatusnoun

   A complex machine or instrument.

3. apparatusnoun

   An assortment of tools or instruments.

4. apparatusnoun

   A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

5. apparatusnoun

   A vehicle used for emergency response.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apparatusnoun

   Things provided as means to any certain end, as the tools of a trade; the furniture of a house; ammunition for war; equipage; show.

   Etymology: Latin.

   There is an apparatus of things previous, to be adjusted before I come to the calculation itself. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   Ourselves are easily provided for; it is nothing but the circumstantials, the apparatus or equipage of human life, that costs so much. Alexander Pope, Letters to Gay.

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1. apparatus

   An apparatus is a set of tools, devices, or equipment designed or used for a particular purpose or activity. It can also refer to the machinery or complex structure within a system or organization that is necessary for its operation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apparatus

   of Apparatus

2. Apparatusnoun

   things provided as means to some end

3. Apparatusnoun

   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

4. Apparatusnoun

   a collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus

5. Etymology: [L., from apparare, apparatum, to prepare; ad + prepare to make ready.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apparatus

   ap-par-ā′tus, n. things prepared or provided, material: set of instruments, tools, natural organs, &c.: materials for the critical study of a document. [L.; ad, to, parātus (parāre), prepared.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apparatus

   Ammunition and equipage for war.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apparatus

   Ammunition and equipage for war.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. apparatus

   A type of equipment designed for a specific function.

   Various apparatus for working on the oil rig are available for use in a known place.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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1. apparatus

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Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Body Part
   • Equipment

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'apparatus' in Nouns Frequency: #2831

Anagrams for apparatus »

1. tar up asap

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of apparatus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of apparatus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of apparatus in a Sentence

1. Chongyi Feng:

   The finance [industry] is the last of the three key areas for Xi to assert complete control after the military and the [internal] security apparatus.

2. Hannah Arendt:

   Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; thanks to its peculiar ideology and the role assigned to it in this apparatus of coercion, totalitarianism has discovered a means of dominating and terrorizing human beings from within.

3. Firefighter Milan Miranda:

   Every fire is a challenge, especially when we lack equipment like breathing apparatus so we inhale smoke and endure the heat, risking our health and lives, but this is the career given to me by God.

4. Eric Deggans:

   When The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg have one politician who's denouncing the press as the enemy of the people, when The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg have one politician who insists that he won an election that he did not win, when The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg have one politician who was blaming immigrants unfairly for America's ills, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg have to have a journalism apparatus that is free to call out those excesses without fear of being accused of being unfair.

5. Eric Brewer:

   As long as the President just has mild to moderate symptoms, I wouldn't expect any major shifts in either how our national security apparatus operates or the actions of our adversaries.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=apparatus
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Apparatus
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=apparatus
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apparatus
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=apparatus
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=apparatus
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html