apparatus - equipment designed to serve a specific functionaerator - an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage) burner - an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner" chemical reactor - an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction cloud chamber, Wilson cloud chamber - apparatus that detects high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track condenser - an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid copier, duplicator - apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material electrograph - an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service generator - an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas heat pump - apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings; can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building heliograph - an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on brooder, incubator - apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants instillator - medical apparatus that puts a liquid into a cavity drop by drop Kipp's apparatus - a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas (usually hydrogen sulfide) by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating lighting - apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film nuclear reactor, reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements optical bench - apparatus for observation and measurement of optical phenomena pendulum - an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity purifier - an apparatus for removing impurities reformer - an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer" semaphore - an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms sequenator, sequencer - (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer still - an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed submersible - an apparatus intended for use under water telegraph, telegraphy - apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) titrator - an apparatus for performing a titration |