different between electromagnet vs armature

English

Alternative forms

• electro-magnet

Etymology

electro- +? magnet

Noun

electromagnet (plural electromagnets)

1. A magnet which attracts metals only when electrically activated

Coordinate terms

• solenoid

Translations

Further reading

• Article on electromagnets on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin arm?t?ra (“armour”). Doublet of armor.

Noun

armature (plural armatures)

1. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
2. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
3. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet
4. (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
5. (computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
6. 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.
7. Armor, or a suit of armor.
8. Any apparatus for defence.
9. The frame of a pair of glasses.

Translations

Verb

armature (third-person singular simple present armatures, present participle armaturing, simple past and past participle armatured)

1. To provide with an armature (any sense).

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arm?t?ra. Doublet of armure, which was inherited through Old French.

Pronunciation

Noun

armature f (plural armatures)

1. framework (supportive structure)

Further reading

• “armature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Noun

armature f

1. plural of armatura

Anagrams

• maturare, maturerà

Latin

Participle

arm?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of arm?t?rus