actuator

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪt.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

actuator (plural actuators)

1. Something that actuates something else.

   The mind is the actuator of the body.

2. 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.
3. (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
4. (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.

Translations

something that actuates something else

• Finnish: liikuttaja, kannustaja (fi)

device that causes a mechanical device to be switched on or off

• Finnish: toimilaite, käyttölaite

the mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive

• Finnish: toimilaite, aktuaattori
• Icelandic: armstjóri m

• Portuguese: atuador m

a relay that controls the flow of electricity

• Finnish: aktuaattori

• Italian: attuatore (it) m, ripetitore (it) m

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Translations to be checked

• Chinese: ^{(please verify)} 致动器
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} vahelüliti
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} attuatore (it) m

• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} atuador m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} activador (es) m

Anagrams

• autocrat

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Latin

Verb

āctuātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of āctuō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of āctuō