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apparatus | v |

As a noun apparatus

is apparatus.

As a letter v is

the twenty-second letter of the.

As a symbol v is

the volt in the international system of units.

apparatus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
  • A complex machine or instrument.
  • An assortment of tools or instruments.
  • A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
  • (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.

    • Usage notes

    * Is occasionally used as an invariant plural: *: Look at all of those apparatus .

    Synonyms

    * (entirety of means) setup, mechanism, dynamic * (complex machine) instrument, machinery, device * (assortment of tools) tools, gear, equipment * (political patronage organization) machine

    Related terms

    * apparat

    v

    Translingual

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    Etymology 1

    Minuscule variation of Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .

    Letter

  • The twenty-second letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script) * (select symbols) * (other scripts) Cyrillic * (wikipedia "v")

    Etymology 2

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral V, from abbreviation of IIII? or IIIIV (representing 5), from tally stick markings resembling \\\\? or ////?, from the practice of designating each fifth notch with a double cut, like the corresponding Western tally mark,

    Alternative forms

    * V,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number five (5).

    • See also

    * Previous: iv (4) * Next: vi (6) *

    Etymology 3

    Symbol

    (head)
  • velocity
  • ).

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=V , NATO=Victor , Morse=···– , Character=V , Braille=? }} Image:Latin V.png, Capital and lowercase versions of V , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter V.png, Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur ----