1. setup(n = noun.artifact) apparatus - equipment designed to serve a specific function; Array
is a kind of equipment
has particulars: aerator, burner, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, extractor, separator, chemical reactor, condenser, copier, duplicator, electrograph, generator, heat pump, heliograph, brooder, incubator, instillator, kipp's apparatus, lighting, nuclear reactor, reactor, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, reformer, semaphore, sequenator, sequencer, soda fountain, still, submersible, telegraph, telegraphy, titrator, x-ray machine
2. setup(n = noun.attribute) Array - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"
is a kind of fashion, manner, mode, style, way
3. setup(n = noun.act) frame-up - an act that incriminates someone on a false charge; Array
is a kind of falsehood, falsification
Derived form verb set up7