Meaning

9 senses
  1. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

  2. A complex machine or instrument.

    Apparat

    аппара́тapparát

    апара́тaparát

  3. (collective)An assortment of tools and instruments.

    Apparat

    аппара́тapparát, аппарату́раapparatúra, обору́дованиеoborúdovanije

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

    Apparat

    аппара́тapparát

    апара́тaparát

  5. A vehicle used for emergency response.

  6. Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

  7. Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.

    предме́тpredmét

  8. A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”

  9. In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)

More definitions
  • equipment designed to serve a specific function
  • (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Don't use this apparatus near water.

    ruНе используйте этот аппарат вблизи воды.

    deDieses Gerät nicht in Wassernähe benutzen!

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  2. Something is wrong with the experimental apparatus.

    ruЧто-то не так с экспериментальным аппаратом.

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  3. Clean the apparatus only with dry cloth.

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  4. That school is equipped with the latest gymnastics apparatus.

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  5. Install the apparatus in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
complex machine or instrument:
Русский
By meaning 3
complex machine or instrument:
assortment of tools or instruments:
rhythmic gymnastics: object:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
complex machine or instrument:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus. Doublet of apparat.

Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus. Doublet of apparat.

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