Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows. From LearnThat.org. [Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)]
The breathing apparatus. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The wealth of detail in the charting of the universe carried out in recent years with this apparatus is absolutely unique. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics] Reference
Our national security apparatus is much like our healthcare system. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » “One day after the mass transit rail bombings in India,] Reference
I am sorry but isn't this what the Democratic party apparatus is for?. From Wordnik.com. [WH going 'on offense' as Senate health care debate begins] Reference
The delicacy of my brownie-sensing apparatus is reknowned in several states. From Wordnik.com. [semi-detatched in our suburbanness, we're living in these hard times] Reference
No. Accepting this premise: The apparatus is broken and will not be repaired. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Obama Budget to Call for Freeze in Non-Security Discretionary Spending] Reference
The American security apparatus is already watching and reading all your comments. From Wordnik.com. [Comments Everywhere « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
However, the gas which leaves the apparatus is not hydrogen but consists mainly of ethane. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Sabatier - Nobel Lecture] Reference
However, it does some things very well: for instance, the screening apparatus is not actually functional. From Wordnik.com. [#200 for Abe the Warmonger « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
I observed, on the grass about his garden, certain apparatus of sticks and cord, and asked what they were. From Wordnik.com. [Agnes Grey] Reference
While the shorts/dryer apparatus is quite inventive - I usually just used the hotel's in-room "Laundry" bag. From Wordnik.com. [From The Tips Box: Productivity Partitions, Frozen Bread, Office Naps | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
The kitchen apparatus is impeccable, the engineering of food production mastered, and the ingredients are fresh. From Wordnik.com. [Astrology and the Kitchen] Reference
In this the operator's talking apparatus and her calling apparatus are embodied in an ordinary magneto wall telephone. From Wordnik.com. [Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.] Reference
This editorial apparatus is crucial: unlike a theoretical text or a lyric poem, with their single authoritative voices. From Wordnik.com. [Byron and Romantic Occidentalism] Reference
Having been interrogated at various airports around the USA, i have to say, the Newark Interrogation apparatus is the worst. From Wordnik.com. [The Shahrukh Khan Affair – The Aftermath « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
The question that troubled the Obama presidential campaign and, currently, the GOP apparatus, is how to use resources wisely. From Wordnik.com. [Tea Party Candidates Have Drained GOP Resources] Reference
An elaborate biochemical proofreading apparatus is supposed to correct such copying errors, which geneticists call mutations. From Wordnik.com. [The Genetic Archaeology of Race] Reference
They then viewed the extensive coining apparatus; and were presented with several appropriate medals struck in their presence. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
My apparatus, which is explained more fully in the. From Wordnik.com. [Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development] Reference
Why the whole trouble with the apparatus was the fault of the operator. From Wordnik.com. [Little Fuzzy] Reference
This is the Casimir effect, where the plates in the apparatus are a probe. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Matter: Still Dark.] Reference
Besides being so convenient the cost of the apparatus is a mere bagatelle. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
The apparatus is a quadrant box, 90 cm length with 30 cm wall, divided into 15×15 cm squares. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
This collection of documents, daily increasing in number, has been called the apparatus criticus. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
The apparatus, which is represented in the accompanying Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, consists of the following parts. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
For the first thing, we have a state law-enforcement apparatus, which is not just short of requisite strength. From Wordnik.com. [Can Obama Become A Savior?] Reference
His apparatus is the first to supply a lemma for each variant reading reported, and is clear and easy to read. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
Every large hospital I saw had this apparatus, which is invaluable in locating bullets and pieces of shell or shrapnel. From Wordnik.com. [Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front] Reference
The first visit to University Park by the Trike and its riders occurred when the apparatus was the only one of its kind. From Wordnik.com. [Penn State Live] Reference
The cars are overturned, and the fire apparatus, which is now a three-alarm assignment is pulling people out of the wreckage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2002] Reference
The liquid thus obtained is distilled anew in a second apparatus, which is analogous to the preceding but much smaller (Fig. 2). From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference
The apparatus, which is a modification of the Cardew earthing device, is constructed by Messrs. Drake & Gorham, of Victoria Street. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891] Reference
The apparatus, which is shown in the accompanying cut, consists of flat bags whose mouth may be at the top, as usual, or at the side. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
Baker's immediate priority will be to professionalize the county's administrative apparatus, which is widely described as dysfunctional. From Wordnik.com. [After big wins, a chance for real change in Prince George's] Reference
Another important feature of the apparatus is a compound anode which consists of carbon plates, with a metal core to increase the conductivity. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
The apparatus was a reduced version of that prepared by Ehwald, 'Qui ut totus prelis subiceretur ... propter saeculi angustias fieri non potuit'. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
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