piece of apparatus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpieceandapparatus
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piece
noun[C]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
a part ...
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apparatus
noun
uk/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs/us/ˌæp.əˈræt̬.əs/
a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a ...
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(Definition ofpieceandapparatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The gravity chronometer is a good example of a sturdy yet sophisticatedpieceofapparatus.
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Unseen by the participant, the experimenter manipulated apieceofapparatusof the following kind.
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The engineer may select just one type of monitoring data from onepieceofapparatusin order to interpret these results alone.
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What is the history of apieceofapparatuswhich has been manufactured out of numerous parts like that?
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I have seen it and it is a seriouspieceofapparatusthat raises standards.
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And everypieceofapparatusso far ordered for cellular radio has been bought from abroad.
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The respirator in the old days was a complicated affair and a costly and formidablepieceofapparatus.
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He then tries to sell some kind of phoney and perhaps unnecessarypieceofapparatusat considerable expense.
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Somebody discovers something new, and he immediately wants a newpieceofapparatusto follow this up.
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In the same way, if a person is so wounded that he requires any otherpieceofapparatusor treatment he receives it.
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I saw apieceofapparatuswhich is on the list of banned goods.
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A television set is a fairly costlypieceofapparatus, not only to purchase but to maintain.
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It is not a universally helpfulpieceofapparatus.
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The manufacturer, like the ordinary user of the individualpieceofapparatus, will, of course, be protected at the second stage.
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I am informed that very shortly after the installation of that particularpieceofapparatusthe uprights on which it was supported collapsed.
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If it is apieceofapparatuswhich we would licence now we shall licence it in the future.
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If someone comes along and claims a particularpieceofapparatusthey will know where it is.
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I have a singlepieceofapparatusin my factory that was built in 1937 and is still carried in the books as an historic cost.
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No doubt if we were envisaging a requirement that every singlepieceofapparatusshould be specifically approved, we might not be having this debate today.
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The radio equipment which was developed during the war is a very complicatedpieceofapparatus, and as such it needs a good engineer to deal with its service faults.
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