From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishapparatusap‧pa‧ra‧tus /ˌæpəˈreɪtəs $ -ˈræ-/ ●○○ noun1EQUIPMENT[uncountable] the set of tools and machines that you use for a particular scientific, medical, or technicalpurposeSYN equipment
Astronauts have special breathing apparatus.2SYSTEM[countable] the way in which a lot of people are organized to work together to do a job or control a company or countrySYN machinery
The tax will require a massive administrative apparatus.
The state apparatus has become corrupt.
the apparatus of governmentExamples from the Corpusapparatus• Because of this, a strong administrativeapparatus was needed to plan the use of scarceresources, organize production and regulatedistribution.• The teacher was then taken into another room and shown an apparatus which could deliverelectricshocks to the learner.• The astronauts have special breathingapparatus.• The president holds tremendousadvantages as the incumbent, partly because his campaignapparatus has lowvisibility.• Some of the mathematical ideas which can be experienced with the most generalapparatus are suggested here.• Now consider three contrastingexperiments with such a piece of apparatus.• This project was not just one piece of apparatus on a street corner.• There's a shop in town which sells all the latest photographicapparatus.• The EastGermansecurityapparatus used these kinds of devices to overhearconversations.• This experiment can be performed using the apparatus shown in the diagram.• With the apparatus, researchers should be able to analyse an item in 15 minutes when the currenttechnique takes days.• This woodenapparatus was used for weaving.Originapparatus(1600-1700)Latin past participle of apparare“to prepare”, from ad-“to” + parare“to prepare”
