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manipulators

manipulators is the plural of manipulator.

Meaning of manipulator

Noun

manipulator (plural manipulators)

  1. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
    • The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157
  2. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.

Phrases with manipulators

Questions about manipulators

What is manipulators the plural of?
Manipulators is the plural of manipulator.

Words near manipulators in the dictionary

  1. manipulative
  2. manipulatively
  3. manipulativeness
  4. manipulatives
  5. manipulator
  6. manipulators
  7. manipulatory
  8. manipulatrix
  9. manipulee
  10. manipulees
  11. manipulism

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