ACTUATOR

actuator

(noun) a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

actuator (plural actuators)

Something that actuates something else, especially 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

(computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive

(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity

Anagrams

• autocrat

Source: Wiktionary


Ac"tu*a`tor, n.

Definition: One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] Melville.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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