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Webster 1913 Edition


Apparatus

Ap′pa-ratus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Apparatus
, also rarely
Apparatuses
.
[L., from
apparare
,
apparatum
, to prepare;
ad
+
prepare
to make ready.]
1.
Things provided as means to some end.
2.
Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
3.
(Physiol.)
A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function;
as, the respiratory
apparatus
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apparatus

APPARA'TUS

,
Noun.
plu.
apparatuses. [L. from apparo, to prepare, of ad and par.]
1.
Things provided as means to some end; as the tools of an artisan; the furniture of a house; instruments of war. In more technical language, a complete set of instruments or utensils, for performing any operation.
2.
In surgery, the operation of cutting for the stone, of three kinds, the small, the great, and the high.
Apparatus is also used as the title of several books, in the form of catalogues, bibliothecas, glossaries, dictionaries, &c.

Definition 2024


apparátus

apparátus

See also: apparatus

Hungarian

Noun

apparátus (plural apparátusok)

  1. apparatus

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apparátus apparátusok
accusative apparátust apparátusokat
dative apparátusnak apparátusoknak
instrumental apparátussal apparátusokkal
causal-final apparátusért apparátusokért
translative apparátussá apparátusokká
terminative apparátusig apparátusokig
essive-formal apparátusként apparátusokként
essive-modal
inessive apparátusban apparátusokban
superessive apparátuson apparátusokon
adessive apparátusnál apparátusoknál
illative apparátusba apparátusokba
sublative apparátusra apparátusokra
allative apparátushoz apparátusokhoz
elative apparátusból apparátusokból
delative apparátusról apparátusokról
ablative apparátustól apparátusoktól
Possessive forms of apparátus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. apparátusom apparátusaim
2nd person sing. apparátusod apparátusaid
3rd person sing. apparátusa apparátusai
1st person plural apparátusunk apparátusaink
2nd person plural apparátusotok apparátusaitok
3rd person plural apparátusuk apparátusaik

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2