setup.
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
Meaning & usage
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
Trust me, that was a setup!
An installer.
The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.
The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.
A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from set up.
Misspelling of set up.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from set up.
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