noun (plural apparatuses)
1 [U] the tools or other pieces of equipment that are needed for a particular activity or task:
a piece of laboratory apparatus * Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.
2 [C,usually sing.] the structure of a system or an organization, particularly that of a political party or a government:
the power of the state apparatus
3 [C,usually sing.] (technical) a system of organs in the body:
the sensory apparatus
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of apparatus come from?
This entry for apparatus is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does apparatus appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — apparatus appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
