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Meanings of apparatus in English

Portuguese
aparelho
Catalan
aparell
Spanish
dispositivo

A complex machine or instrument.

aparelho
Synonyms
Examples for "setup"
Examples for "setup"
1
The current setup allows Shell to use product volumes of both companies.
Reuters
2
Lindsay Wescott working limit power on the MoonBoard Masters 2017 hold setup.
Climbing Magazine
3
Experienced IT staff shouldn't have any problem with the step-driven setup application.
Reuters
4
Checkpoints had been setup in the rebels' possible exit points, he added.
Reuters
5
I think they would just wait until they had the right setup.
Ghosts
Usage of apparatus in English
1
They are particularly concerned about President Zuma's control of the security apparatus.
The South African
2
The phenomenon ceases the moment the apparatus is placed in the shade.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
3
So this must be the result of a weapon, a scientific apparatus.
Changeless
4
The apparatus in the air is like a balance of mathematical precision.
The Mysterious Island
5
The apparatus employed in these investigations is figured in the accompanying diagram.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
6
The legends indicate the names of the different apparatus in each installation.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
7
In Mr. Siemens' apparatus the problem is solved in the following manner:
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882
8
The Shi'ite militias have also made inroads within the government security apparatus.
Reuters
9
Most observers, however, think his security apparatus will crush any dissent ruthlessly.
The Guardian
10
The apparatus consequently supplies the place of the exhauster and the scrubber.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
11
This latter apparatus has in this case the form shown in Fig.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.
12
The apparatus remained adhered to the donor area because of negative pressure.
Pubmed
13
The men seizing the rope dragged the apparatus up the steep slope.
The Girl and Her Religion
14
The piles are driven by means of the ordinary apparatus in use.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
15
His stomach was gone; his whole digestive apparatus was in utter disorder.
The Conflict
16
In my own apparatus the unit of weight is 2 per cent.
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
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Apparatus through the time
Apparatus across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common