Definition of apparatus

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Apparatus (n.) 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..

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Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained..
Suppositories :: Suppositor (n.) An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.
Esophagus :: Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..
Aeroscope :: Aeroscope (n.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air..
Accelerometer :: Accelerometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
Pancreas :: Pancreas (n.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus..
Press :: Press (v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes..
Incubator :: Incubator (n.) That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat..
Siderostat :: Siderostat (n.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
Telethermometer :: Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise..
Accelerograph :: Accelerograph (n.) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc..
Separatory :: Separatory (n.) An apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel..
Photo-electric :: Photo-electric (a.) Acting by the operation of both light and electricity; -- said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric light.
Explorer :: Explorer (n.) One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell..
Apparatus :: Apparatus (n.) 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..
Rectificator :: Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier..
Defecator :: Defecator (n.) That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups..
Haemochromometer :: Haemochromometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color..
Calorimeter :: Calorimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.
Polychord :: Polychord (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument..
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