actuator
English
editEtymology
editFrom actuate + -or. First attested in 1652.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tɚ/, [ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.ɾɚ]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.tə(ɹ)/, [ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]
Noun
editactuator (plural actuators)
- Something that actuates something else.
- The mind is the actuator of the body.
- 1652, Anthony Burgesse, Spiritual Refining: or a Treatise of Grace and Assurance, Section V, Sermon XLIII, page 264:
- […] and God is the Author and Actuator of nature, as well as of grace; […]
- A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
- (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
- (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsomething that actuates something else
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device that causes a mechanical device to be switched on or off
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the mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive
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a relay that controls the flow of electricity
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editLatin
editVerb
editāctuātor