Armature
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
- 2 coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field wordnet
- 3 Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
- 4 The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
- 5 The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
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- 6 The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
- 7 A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
- 8 A supporting framework in a sculpture.
- 9 A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
- 10 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.
- 11 Any apparatus for defence.
- 12 The frame of a pair of glasses.
"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."
- 1 To provide with an armature (any sense).
"T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed."
Example
More examples"Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.
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