Found 3 items, similar to apparatus.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: apparatus aparat, aparatur
English → English (WordNet) Definition: apparatus apparatus n 1: equipment designed to serve a specific function [syn: setup] 2: (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; “the breathing apparatus”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Apparatus 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] 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]