What does "apparatus" mean?
Apparatus: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.(Physiol.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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