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critical apparatus

critical apparatus noun: the critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text.

Noun

critical apparatus

  1. The critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text.

Synonyms of critical apparatus

Questions about critical apparatus

What does critical apparatus mean?
Critical apparatus means the critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text.
What part of speech is critical apparatus?
Critical apparatus is a noun.

Words near critical apparatus in the dictionary

  1. critical
  2. critical altitude
  3. critical altitudes
  4. critical angle
  5. critical angles
  6. critical apparatus
  7. critical applied linguistics
  8. critical brain hypothesis
  9. critical care
  10. critical commentaries
  11. critical commentary

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