setups

noun

1. 1

   Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

   “The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.”

2. 2

   The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

   “The classroom setup was simple and efficient.”

3. 3

   A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

   “Trust me, that was a setup!”

4. 4

   An installer.

   “After inserting the disk, run the setup.”

5. 5

   (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

   “A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.”

6. 6

   The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.

   “There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.”