apparatus.
The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
Meaning & usage
The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
A complex machine or instrument.
An assortment of tools and instruments.
A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
A vehicle used for emergency response.
Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Latin *paro- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parō Latin apparō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin apparātuslbor. English apparatus Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus. Doublet of apparat.
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