Definitions for armatures

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armatures ar·ma·ture

Spelling: [ahr-muh-cher]

IPA: /ˈɑr mə tʃər/

Armatures is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 422 anagrams from letters in armatures (aaemrrstu).

Definitions for armatures

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 armatures

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

Examples for armatures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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