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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apparatus /ˌapəˈreɪtəs/
▶noun (pl. apparatuses)
- 1 the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.
- 2 a complex structure within an organization: the apparatus of government.
- 3 (also critical apparatus, apparatus criticus) a collection of notes accompanying a printed text.
– origin C17: from L., from apparat-, apparare ‘make ready for’.
'apparatus' also found in these Oxford entries:
accelerator
- alembic
- apparat
- aqualung
- aspirator
- balance
- betatron
- bioreactor
- blunge
- bogus
- boiler
- bubble chamber
- burner
- calorimeter
- camel
- cloud chamber
- condenser
- counter
- critical apparatus
- cryostat
- cyclotron
- drag
- dredge
- drip
- ergometer
- fan
- field
- fire escape
- fixing
- float
- gear
- gimmick
- Golgi body
- hang-glider
- haymaker
- headwork
- heliograph
- heliostat
- hibachi
- hoist
- incinerator
- incubator
- intercooler
- inverter
- jacquard
- Jaws of Life
- log
- loom
- loudspeaker
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