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aparat — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apparatus noun A set of equipment or machinery used for a particular purpose.
  • device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
  • engine noun A machine that converts fuel or energy into motion or force, especially the part of a vehicle that powers it.
  • handset noun The part of a telephone that you hold to talk and listen.

Senses

aparat is used for these senses in English:

  • device Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  • engine (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.]
  • handset The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

apparatus — full definition

  1. noun A set of equipment or machinery used for a particular purpose.
  2. noun A complex organizational or bureaucratic structure.

device — full definition

  1. noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
  2. noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
  3. noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.

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