actuator

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪt.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

actuator (plural actuators)

Something that actuates something else, especially 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 mind is the actuator of the body
(computing) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive
(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity

Translations

Something that actuates something else

Chinese: 致动器
Estonian: vahelüliti
Finnish: toimilaite, käyttölaite, toimielin (fi)

Italian: attuatore (it) m
Portuguese: atuador m
Spanish: activador (es) m

The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive

Finnish: toimilaite, aktuaattori
Icelandic: armstjóri m

Portuguese: atuador m

A relay that controls the flow of electricity

Finnish: aktuaattori

Italian: attuatore (it) m, ripetitore (it) m

Anagrams

autocrat

Latin

Verb

āctuātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of āctuō
third-person singular future passive imperative of āctuō

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