technical apparatus

collocation in English

meaningsoftechnicalandapparatus

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technical
adjective
uk
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/us
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/
relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science ...
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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 oftechnicalandapparatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Conversely, modern physics, as experimental, is dependent upontechnicalapparatusand upon progress in the building of apparatus.
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The proof of non-confluence does not involve any specialtechnicalapparatus, and is simple and short.
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It was not an expressive device per se, but rather a compositional method, atechnicalapparatus.
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There will even be created a kind of artificial new folklore, utilizing electronic equipment and heaven only knows what othertechnicalapparatus.
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I have heard of cases where the local linesman is sent round to inspect extremelytechnicalapparatus.
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Some of these involve educational methods, very highly specialised, usingtechnicalapparatus, and a very different approach from that employed for the ordinary child.
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Mechanical transport, repairs, artillery, alltechnicalapparatusby which your armies are fed and moved depend on trade in which trade unionism is all-powerful.
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It is a conflict of strategy, of organisation, oftechnicalapparatus, of science, mechanics and morale.
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Thetechnicalapparatusof modern warfare gives extraordinary opportunities to women.
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A most obvious example is in the use oftechnicalapparatuslike the computer.
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Not only must it be possible to use different types oftechnicalapparatusin combination with one another, but different computer programs must also be required to understand each other.
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Will there be any difficulty in private firms getting thistechnicalapparatusfor their purposes, and do we understand that this is regarded as probably the solution of the problem?
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For a year past, our modern battleships have been undergoing a further measure of modernisation and tropicalisation to meet the rapid war-time changes intechnicalapparatus.
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In this case, the camera obscura is nothing but thetechnicalapparatusnecessary for the simulation of the dream.
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While much of the enjoyment of scrambling depends on the freedom fromtechnicalapparatus, unroped scrambling in exposed situations is potentially one of the most dangerous of mountaineering activities.
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Though it is intuitively clear what supervenience is, formally specifying what it means involves a complextechnicalapparatusand a family of related but subtly different definitions.
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It saw two major renovations, first in the fifties, extending the stage area, and another during the eighties, this time fully renewing the building, and upgrading itstechnicalapparatus.
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