Meaning armature
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c. 1400, "an armed force," from Latin armatura "armor, equipment," from armatus, past participle of armare "to arm, furnish with weapons" from arma (see arm (n.2)). Meani [..]
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The armature is the rotating member of an electric motor. In brush-type DC motors, it consists of the main current carrying windings (conductors) in the rotor. The commutator switches the power supply to the armature windings to generate a magnetic field.
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The part of a machine which receives or delivers active power to the external electrical system.
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The laminated iron core with wire wound around it in which electromotive force is produced by magnetic induction in a motor or generator: usually the rotor of a DC motor or the stator of an AC motor.
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A coil of wire formed around an iron or steel core that rotates in the magnetic field of a generator or motor.
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A multi-coil rotating assembly, used in commercial motors instead of the single rotating coil used in simple classroom motors. A segmented commutator is used to connect each of the armature windings t [..]
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UE A multicoil rotating assembly, used in commercial motors instead of the single rotating coil of the model motor built in class. A segmented commutator is used to connect each of the armature windi [..]
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(n) coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
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The moving part of an alternator, generator or motor. In many PM alternator designs, it carries the magnets and is attached to the blades and hub. Also called a Rotor.
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The movable part of a generator or motor. It is made up of conductors which rotate through a magnetic field to provide voltage or force by electromagnetic induction. The pivoted points in generator re [..]
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The part of a machine which receives or delivers active power to the external electrical system.
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portion of a DC generator housing generating coils.
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     The moving part of a motor or generator. 
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is the moving magnetic member of an electromagnetic relay structure. To top
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The conductors of a generator in which emf is induced or the conductors of a motor in which torque is produced.
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A wire-wrapped iron or steel core forming a movable coil within the starting motor. When it revolves in the magnetic field between the poles, an electric current is induced.
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The rotating or moving component of a magnetic circuit.
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A rigid framework, often wood or steel, used to support a sculpture or other large work while it is being made.
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A rigid framework, often wood or steel, used to support a sculpture or other large work while it is being made.
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Protective sharp projections like bristles, barbs, or thorns.
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support, frame or structure upon or around which a sculptural form may be built: the armature for a single sculpture may be constructed out of many different materials such as metal, wood, or plastic, [..]
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An internal support to hold the outer covering of a sculpture; may be made of various materials such as wood, wax, steel, but generally almaloy or aluminum wire.
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The movable element in an electro-mechanical device. In a relay, the movable portion of the relay. The windings in which the output voltage is generated in a generator or in which input current create [..]
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the rotating part of an electric motor or generator. The moving part of a relay or vibrator.
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The coil or coils of an electric motor or generator or of an electric apparatus in which a voltage is induced by a magnetic field.
Source: elect.mrt.ac.lk (offline)

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The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer. A pie [..]
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