apparatus - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'apparatus' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Apparatus

[ n.]

- Things provided as means to some end.
- 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.
- A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

2 . Apparatus

[ pl. ]

- of Apparatus

Meaning of 'apparatus' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . apparatus

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

Example in sentence:

the breathing apparatus

Nearby Words:

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Golgi apparatus
Golgi apparatus is a membranous organelle in the erdoplasmic reticulum of the cell.

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