apparatus
System of parts
Apparatus is equipment or machinery designed for a particular purpose: laboratory apparatus, breathing apparatus, the apparatus of government.
The word suggests an assemblage of parts working together as a system.
In anatomy, an apparatus is a group of organs performing a related function: the digestive apparatus.
Plural: apparatus or apparatuses.
Collection of implements
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- implementsEnacts or instruments
devices · instruments · gadgets · rig · kit · paraphernalia · tackle · accoutrements
Interconnected system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
organization · structure · mechanism · machinery · administration · institution · regime · establishment
Toothed rotating machine parts
- pulleysGrooved wheels for rope
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
- cranksObsessive eccentrics or rotating handles
cogs · sprockets · flywheels · valves · cylinders · bearings · camshafts · crankshafts
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- beakerLaboratory measuring container
- test-tubeCylindrical lab glassware
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- spectrometerMeasures electromagnetic radiation properties
pipette · incubator · autoclave · flask · burette · thermometer · balance · chromatograph
Portable frame for casualties
- firetruckEmergency response vehicle
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
rappelling · extrication · ladder · searchlight · flare · defibrillator · gurney · hoist
Circular bands worn
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- matFlat floor covering
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
grips · leotard · dismount · routine · mount · handstand · tumbling
Breathing protection device
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- maskFace-worn concealment
- CPAPForced-air breathing apparatus
- BiPAPTwo-pressure ventilation device
nebulizer · inhaler · regulator · tubing · mouthpiece · rebreather · scuba · snorkel
toolkit
Collection of implements
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
implements · devices · instruments · gadgets · rig · kit · paraphernalia · tackle · accoutrements · appliances
network
Interconnected system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
bureaucracy · organization · structure · mechanism · machinery · administration · institution · regime · establishment · protocol
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
- pulleysGrooved wheels for rope
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
cranks · cogs · sprockets · flywheels · valves · cylinders · bearings · camshafts · crankshafts · turbines
microscope
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- beakerLaboratory measuring container
- test-tubeCylindrical lab glassware
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
spectrometer · pipette · incubator · autoclave · flask · burette · thermometer · balance · chromatograph · electrophoresis
stretcher
Portable frame for casualties
- firetruckEmergency response vehicle
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
harness · rappelling · extrication · ladder · searchlight · flare · defibrillator · gurney · hoist · abseil
rings
Circular bands worn
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- matFlat floor covering
chalk · grips · leotard · dismount · routine · mount · handstand · tumbling
respirator
Breathing protection device
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- maskFace-worn concealment
- CPAPForced-air breathing apparatus
BiPAP · nebulizer · inhaler · regulator · tubing · mouthpiece · rebreather · scuba · snorkel · life-support
- objectsbasket, bowl, bucket, jar, jug
- thingsthing, object, item, stuff, article
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- Inventinginvention, inventor, prototype, patent, blueprint
- Lab Stuffpipette, flask, beaker, test tube, microscope
apparatusbare hands
Ungloved, unequipped extremities
nothing · raw materials · fragment · piece
apparatuschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
anarchy · disorder · disorganization · informality · grassroots
- breathing apparatusDevice supplying air
- security apparatusProtective institutions of state
- Golgi apparatusProtein processing organelle
- scholarly apparatusTools supporting academic texts
- critical apparatusScholarly notes on textual variants
- apparatus criticusScholarly notes on textual variants
apparatus criticus, apparatuses, apparatchik, apparate, apparatchiks, disapparate, apparated, apparates