apparatus

Noun
Synonyms: setup

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. equipment designed to serve a specific functionSynonyms: setup
  2. (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function“the breathing apparatus”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.(Physiol.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. [1913 Webster]

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