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apparatus 1. a collection of instruments, machines, tools, parts, or other equipment used for a particular purpose 2. a machine having a specific function 3. Anatomy any group of organs having a specific function apparatus [‚ap·ə′rad·əs] (science and technology) A compound instrument designed to carry out a specific function. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This apparatus had been so ingeniously combined that it did not weigh more than seven hundred pounds, even including twenty-five gallons of water in another receptacle. They make balloons, kites, dynamite bombs, and electrical apparatus. Strange as it may seem to a human being, all the complex apparatus of digestion, which makes up the bulk of our bodies, did not exist in the Martians. |
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