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armature

The correct spelling is armature.

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noun

Say it like: Arm-ach-er

The correct spelling is armature. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
  2. 2.The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
  3. 3.A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet
  4. 4.A supporting framework in a sculpture.
  5. 5.A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.

verb

  1. 1.To provide with an armature (any sense).

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