Stator

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
  2. 2
    mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves wordnet

Etymology

From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from stāre (“to stand”).

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