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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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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