armature
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armature
- /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/ UK
- /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/ UK
- /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/ US
- /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/ US
- /ˈɑɹ.mə.tjʊɚ/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.
noun armatures
- A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
- Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
- The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
- The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
- The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
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A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
Similar: keeper
- A supporting framework in a sculpture.
- A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
- 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.
- Any apparatus for defence.
- 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.
verb armatures · armaturing · armatured
- 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.
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noun Translations
| Français | armature |
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noun the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo
| Español | inducido |
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| 日本語 | アーマチュア |
| Português | armadura |
| Deutsch | Anker |
| Русский | я́корь jákorʹ |
| العربية | درع |
| עברית | עֹגֶן ógen |
noun the moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer
| 中文 | 轉子 /转子 zhuànzǐ |
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Talk about this word "armature." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/armature. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. armature. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/armature "armature." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/armature.Cite this
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title = {armature},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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