Apparatus and Rig

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Apparatus noun - Items needed for the performance of a task or activity.

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Rig is a synonym for apparatus in equipment topic. In some cases you can use "Rig" instead a noun "Apparatus", when it comes to topics like means.

Rig noun - A horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers.

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Apparatus is a synonym for rig in equipment topic. You can use "Apparatus" instead a noun "Rig", if it concerns topics such as means.

Nearby Word: rigging

special	special apparatus	special rig
elaborate	elaborate apparatus	elaborate rig
complex	complex apparatus	complex rig
proper	proper apparatus	proper rig
Other adjectives: entire, massive, complicated, experimental, advanced, mechanical, military, flying, strange, modern, fifth, underwater.

In Soul Music, Ponder manages to rig up a magical apparatus to let the wizards see sound waves.

Source: Tastes Like Purple
Squad 3's rig looks nothing like an actual CFD Rescue Squad apparatus.

Source: Series / Chicago Fire
Mac spends most of the episode disarming the bomb, and when he finally disarms it a set of blinking LEDs switch off and the apparatus falls silent... but the real bomb is underneath the entire rig (which was merely a detonator) and still ticking.

Source: Series / MacGyver

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