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apparatus
 
Noun apparatus has 2 senses
  1. apparatus, setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function
    --1 is a kind of equipment
    --1 has particulars:
     aerator; burner; cascade liquefier; centrifuge, extractor, separator; chemical reactor; cloud chamber, Wilson cloud chamber; condenser; duplicator, copier; electrograph; generator; heat pump; heliograph; incubator, brooder; instillator; Kipp's apparatus; lighting; nuclear reactor, reactor; optical bench; pendulum; purifier; reformer; semaphore; sequencer, sequenator; soda fountain; still; submersible; telegraph, telegraphy; titrator; X-ray machine
  2. apparatus - (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
    --2 is a kind of     body part
    --2 has particulars: auditory apparatus
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