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actuator

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10
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12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæk.tjuː.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈæk.tjuː.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tɚ/ · [ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.ɾɚ] · /ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.tə(ɹ)/ · [ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]

Definition of actuator

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Something that actuates something else.
    “The mind is the actuator of the body.”
    “[…] and God is the Author and Actuator of nature, as well as of grace; […]”
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noun

  1. Something that actuates something else.
    “The mind is the actuator of the body.”
    “[…] and God is the Author and Actuator of nature, as well as of grace; […]”
  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. The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
  4. A relay that controls the flow of electricity.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin āctuō Medieval Latin āctuātusder. English actuate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English actuator From actuate + -or. First attested in 1652.

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