apparatus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: apparatus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for apparatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apparatus n equipment designed to serve a specific function [syn: apparatus, setup] (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.