"actuator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪt.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: actuators [plural]
Etymology: From actuate + -or. First attested in 1652. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|actuate|-or}} actuate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} actuator (plural actuators)
  1. Something that actuates something else. Translations (something that actuates something else): liikuttaja (Finnish), kannustaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-actuator-en-noun-4Jj8TLhj Disambiguation of 'something that actuates something else': 98 1 0 1
  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. Translations (device that causes a mechanical device to be switched on or off): toimilaite (Finnish), käyttölaite (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-actuator-en-noun-Sdt3R7Ar Disambiguation of 'device that causes a mechanical device to be switched on or off': 1 94 3 2
  3. (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive. Categories (topical): Computer hardware Translations (the mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive): toimilaite (Finnish), aktuaattori (Finnish), armstjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), atuador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-actuator-en-noun-6ndxnxp1 Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'the mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive': 0 5 90 4
  4. (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity. Translations (a relay that controls the flow of electricity): aktuaattori (Finnish), attuatore [masculine] (Italian), ripetitore [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-actuator-en-noun-duIuu042 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'a relay that controls the flow of electricity': 1 2 4 94

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