different between actuator vs ied

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æk.tju?.e?t.?(?)/

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. (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
4. (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.

Translations

Anagrams

• autocrat

Latin

Verb

?ctu?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ?ctu?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ?ctu?

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ?edõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jäädäk.

Verb

ied

1. (Salaca) to remain

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin haedus, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jed/

Noun

ied m (plural iezi, feminine equivalent iad?)

1. kid (of a goat)

Declension