Thesaurus: apparatus

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1. pl. of Apparatus
2. n. Things provided as means to some end.
3. n. 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. n. A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
5. n. equipment designed to serve a specific function
6. n. (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
7. 1. Things provided as means to some end. 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. 3. (Physiol.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
8. A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function;as, the respiratory apparatus.
9. n:100 n. equipment designed to serve a specific function n. (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function