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actuators

actuators is the plural of actuator.

Meaning of actuator

Noun

actuator (plural actuators)

  1. Something that actuates something else.
    • The mind is the actuator of the body.
  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.

Questions about actuators

What is actuators the plural of?
Actuators is the plural of actuator.

Words near actuators in the dictionary

  1. actuation
  2. actuations
  3. actuator
  4. actuatoric
  5. actuatorics
  6. actuators
  7. actuo-
  8. actuopalaeontological
  9. actuopalaeontology
  10. actuopaleontological
  11. actuopaleontology

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