actuator
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from -or English actuator From actuate + -or
- derived from -our ▲ Latin -torlbor
Definitions
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; […]
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be…
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 mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
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A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for actuator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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