apparatus

Definitions

Technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

A complex structure within an organization or system.

The physical organs or parts of the body that work together to perform a specific function.

Examples

The laboratory technician carefully calibrated the complex apparatus before beginning the experiment.

The gymnast displayed incredible strength while performing on the balance beam apparatus.

The government has established a new bureaucratic apparatus to oversee the implementation of the policy.

Synonyms

equipment device mechanism instrument gear contraption appliance

Antonyms

disorganization chaos disarray nothingness void inactivity uselessness