A conference committee is a temporary joint committee formed to resolve differences between competing House and Senate versions of a measure. Conference committees draft compromises between the positions of the two chambers, which are then submitted to the full House and Senate for approval.
2. variable noun. Apparatus is the equipment, such as tools and machines, which is used to do a particular job or activity. One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus. Synonyms: equipment, machine, tackle, gear More Synonyms of apparatus. Word Frequency.
Full Definition of EQUIPMENT. 1. a: the set of articles or physical resources serving to equip a person or thing: as (2) : all the fixed assets other than land and buildings of a business enterprise (3) : the rolling stock of a railway b: a piece of such equipment.2.a: the equipping of a person or thing b: the state of being equipped.3.. a: the set of articles or physical resources serving to equip a person or thing: as (2) : all the fixed assets other than land and buildings of a business enterprise (3) : the rolling stock of a railway b: a piece of such equipment. 2. a: the equipping of a person or thing b: the state of being equipped. 3.