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noun. An appliance or device for a particular purpose.

noun. An integrated group of materials or devices used for a particular purpose: synonym: equipment.

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noun. The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government.

noun. A political organization or an underground political movement.

noun. A group or system of organs that collectively perform a specific function or process.

noun. The critical and source material, usually including notes and a glossary, that accompanies a scholarly edition of a text.

An equipment of things provided and adapted as means to some end; especially, a collection, combination, or set of machinery, tools, instruments, utensils, appliances, or materials intended, adapted, and necessary for the accomplishment of some purpose, such as mechanical work, experimenting, etc.: as, chemical, philosophical, or surgical apparatus.

Specifically— In physiology, a collection of organs which, though differing in structure, all minister to the same function: as, the respiratory apparatus; the digestive apparatus.

A collection of materials for any literary work: as, critical apparatus for the study of the Greek text of the New Testament.

noun. Things provided as means to some end.

noun. 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.

noun. A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function.

noun. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

noun. A complex machine or instrument.

noun. An assortment of tools or instruments.

noun. A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

noun. A vehicle used for emergency response.

noun. equipment designed to serve a specific function

noun. (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function