Apparatus and Setting

Apparatus

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

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Setting and apparatus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Apparatus".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Apparatus and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apparatus" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

common	common apparatus	common setting
regular	regular apparatus	regular setting
proper	proper apparatus	proper setting
actual	actual apparatus	actual setting
Other adjectives: entire, unique, traditional, military, different, modern, magical.

In the Greyhawk setting module WG7, Castle Greyhawk, a battle between an Apparatus of Kwalish and an iron golem piloted by an orc takes place on level 5.

Source: Behemoth Battle
The Alchemist's Apparatus is an Artifact of Doom that originated in the Ravenloft setting, and creating an Evil Twin of a person is only one of the horrible things it can do.

Source: Evil Twin
In Apparatus Infernum, all sorts of names co-exist in the setting, ranging from Scandinavian to Japanese.

Source: Melting-Pot Nomenclature

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