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apparatus
has definitions from the field of anatomy
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[ noun ] equipment designed to serve a specific function
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Since the apparatus is new , it requires experimentation and changes in technique . (Mr. America, 4:6...)As you see , the professor has designed a piece of apparatus that forces the bodybuilder to use a wide grip . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)It is made_up of tumbling , which might be said to start with a somersault , run_through such stunts as headstands , handstands , cartwheels , backbends , and culminate in nearly impossible combinations of aerial flips and twists and apparatus work . The apparatus used by gymnasts was once a common sight in American gyms , but about 1930 it was in_favor_of games . Russia 's young gymnasts have studied dance before having the rigorous training on apparatus . Related terms equipment aerator generator telegraph lighting centrifuge pendulum X-ray_machine burner Kipp's_apparatus electrograph duplicator semaphore purifier chemical_reactor still nuclear_reactor optical_bench heliograph heat_pump incubator soda_fountain instillator submersible reformer condenser sequenator cloud_chamber titrator cascade_liquefier |
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[ noun ] (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
Examples "the breathing apparatus" Related terms |
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