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apparatus

[ap-uh-rat-uhs, -rey-tuhs] / ˌæp əˈræt əs, -ˈreɪ təs /


NOUN
organization or system
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Dyszel built frames for neutron tracking detectors and assembled them within the experimental apparatus.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

On a mission to modernise the army, he took over an apparatus facing stretched air defences, financial uncertainty, stalled peace talks, recruitment problems and widespread bureaucracy and war fatigue.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Reza believes weakening the government's military and security apparatus could shift the balance of power.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

But Iran’s state apparatus was built to outlive individual leaders, thanks to layered and overlapping centers of political and military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

When assembled, Michell’s apparatus looked like nothing so much as an eighteenth-century version of a Nautilus weight-training machine.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson