Meaning

• The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

• A complex machine or instrument.

• An assortment of tools and instruments.

• A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

• A vehicle used for emergency response.

• Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

• A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”