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Webster 1913 Edition


Actuator

Ac′tu-aˊtor

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Noun.
One who actuates, or puts into action.
[R.]
Melville.

Definition 2024


actuator

actuator

English

Noun

actuator (plural actuators)

  1. Something that actuates something else, especially a mechanism that causes a device to be switched on or off
    • The mind is the actuator of the body
  2. (computing) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive
  3. (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity

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Latin

Verb

āctuātor

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