Definitions for armature

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armature ar·ma·ture

Spelling: [ahr-muh-cher]

IPA: /ˈɑr mə tʃər/

Armature is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in armature (aaemrrtu).

Definitions for armature

noun

1. armor.
2. Biology. the protective covering of an animal or plant, or any part serving for defense or offense.
3. Electricity. the part of an electric machine that includes the main current-carrying winding and in which the electromotive force is induced. the pivoted part of an electric device, as a buzzer or relay, that is activated by a magnetic field. the iron or steel applied across the poles of a permanent magnet to close it, or across the poles of an electromagnet to transmit a mechanical force.
4. Sculpture. a skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay, wax, or plaster figure is constructed.

Origin of armature

1535-45; (Middle French) Latin armātūra an outfit, armor, equivalent to armāt(us) equipped (see arm², -ate

Examples for armature

Let A represent the armature, with a pair of grooves (B) for the wires.

By means of the armature, vibrating in front of a magnet, we can see its manifestations.

He knows the injury to the armature was done in our shop and that we are responsible for it.

When he emerged, it was with the avowed belief that the armature had been defective when received.

They differ in the armature of their cones and in their seed-wings.

The voltage then depends on the speed at which the armature is driven.

But Tarzan is also the armature for a heady display which reaches way beyond the simple chronicling of a pop phenomenon.

His teeth are sharp and strong; but that which his enemies most dread is the armature of his paws.

Simple, Simplex: without process, armature, or appendage of any kind.

The two ends of the wire which surrounds the armature are now disconnected.