Meanings
- The critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text.
Synonyms: apparatus criticus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text.
Translations
Catalan aparat crític
- aparat críticcritical and primary source material
Chinese Mandarin 評論資料 /评论资料
- 評論資料 /评论资料 (pínglùn zīliào)critical and primary source material
Dutch kritisch apparaat
- kritisch apparaatcritical and primary source material
Finnish kriittinen apparaatti
- kriittinen apparaatticritical and primary source material
French apparat critique
- apparat critiquecritical and primary source material
German kritischer Apparat, textkritischer Apparat
- kritischer Apparatcritical and primary source material
- textkritischer Apparatcritical and primary source material
Greek κριτικό υπόμνημα
- κριτικό υπόμνημα (kritikó ypómnima)critical and primary source material
Polish aparat krytyczny
- aparat krytycznycritical and primary source material
Romanian aparat critic
- aparat criticcritical and primary source material
Cite this entry
critical apparatus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/critical%20apparatus
“critical apparatus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/critical%20apparatus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “critical apparatus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/critical%20apparatus.
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