apparatus.html - n.
the administrative system of a Communist party, esp. in a Communist country. [Russ. f. G, = apparatus]

apparatus.html - n.
(pl. apparatchiks or apparatchiki)
1 a a member of a Communist apparat. b a Communist agent or spy.
2 a a member of a political party in any country who executes policy; a jealous functionary. b an official of a public or private organization. [Russ.: see APPARAT]

apparatus.html - n.
1 the equipment needed for a particular purpose or function, esp. scientific or technical.
2 a political or other complex organization.
3 Anat. the organs used to perform a particular process.
4 (in full apparatus criticus) a collection of variants and annotations accompanying a printed text and usu. appearing below it. [L f. apparare apparat- make ready for]

apparatus.html - n.
the administrative system of a Communist party, esp. in a Communist country. [Russ. f. G, = apparatus]

apparatus.html - n.
(pl. apparatchiks or apparatchiki)
1 a a member of a Communist apparat. b a Communist agent or spy.
2 a a member of a political party in any country who executes policy; a jealous functionary. b an official of a public or private organization. [Russ.: see APPARAT]

apparatus.html - n.
1 the equipment needed for a particular purpose or function, esp. scientific or technical.
2 a political or other complex organization.
3 Anat. the organs used to perform a particular process.
4 (in full apparatus criticus) a collection of variants and annotations accompanying a printed text and usu. appearing below it. [L f. apparare apparat- make ready for]