Definitions
1.NounThe entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
2.NounA complex machine or instrument.
3.NounAn assortment of tools and instruments.
4.NounA bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
5.NounA vehicle used for emergency response.
6.NounAny of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
7.NounAny of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
8.NounA complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
9.NounIn an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)