Apparatus Definition

ăpə-rătəs, -rātəs
apparatuses
noun
apparatuses
The instruments, materials, tools, etc. needed for a specific use.
Webster's New World
Any complex device or machine for a specific use.
Webster's New World
The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government.
American Heritage
A set of organs having a specific function.
The digestive apparatus.
Webster's New World
A political organization or an underground political movement.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Apparatus

Noun

Singular:
apparatus
Plural:
apparatuses

Origin of Apparatus

  • Latin apparātus preparation from past participle of apparāre to prepare ad- ad- parāre to prepare perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin apparātus

    From Wiktionary

Apparatus Sentence Examples

  • The normal form of the apparatus is shown in figs.

  • We have not had an opportunity of testing this, nor Grubb's more recent models; but, should it be found possible to produce such images satisfactorily, without distortion and with an apparatus convenient and rigid in form, such micrometers may possibly supersede the filar micrometer.

  • A " Geyser " is a very convenient form of apparatus for heating a quantity of water in a short time.

  • Betsy lined up two likely abductions and she was anxious to get started, Quinn had already performed his part, setting his apparatus appropriately for a rural Iowa location where a twelve year old boy had gone missing.

  • It takes two of us and an electronic apparatus to create the dream-like trance that lets one of us see episodes from the past.

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