armature
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See also: armaturé
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).
Noun[edit]
armature (plural armatures)
- The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
- The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
- A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet
- (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
- A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
- Armor, or a suit of armor.
- The frame of a pair of glasses.
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2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
- It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.
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Translations[edit]
the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin armātūra. The inherited term is armure.
Noun[edit]
armature f (plural armatures)
- framework (supportive structure)
Further reading[edit]
- “armature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun[edit]
armature f
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
armātūre
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sculpture
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun plural forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin participle forms
