different between stator vs armature

English

Etymology

From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin st?tor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from st?re (“to stand”).

Noun

stator (plural stators)

1. The stationary part of a motor or other machine.

Related terms

• rotor

Translations

Anagrams

• Rattos, Tatros, ottars, rottas, strato-, tarots, tators, tortas, troats

Latin

Verb

st?tor

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

References

• stator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stator in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• stator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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