actuator

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪt.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

actuator (plural actuators)

1. Something that actuates something else, especially 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
   • The mind is the actuator of the body
2. (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive
3. (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity

Translations

Something that actuates something else

• Chinese: 致动器
• Estonian: vahelüliti
• Finnish: toimilaite, käyttölaite, toimielin (fi)

• Italian: attuatore (it) m
• Portuguese: atuador m
• Spanish: activador (es) m

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

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