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.
2. the agency or means by which an effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished. 3. machinery; mechanical appliances. 4. the structure or arrangement of parts of a machine or similar device. 5. routine methods or procedures. 6. the theory that everything in the universe is produced by matter in motion.