ARMATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does armature mean? 

• ARMATURE (noun)
  The noun ARMATURE has 1 sense:

1. coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field

  Familiarity information: ARMATURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMATURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("armature" is a kind of...):

coil (reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "armature"):

rotor; rotor coil (the rotating armature of a motor or generator)

Holonyms ("armature" is a part of...):

electric motor (a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work)

electromagnet (a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet)

 Context examples 

An electronic signaling device designed to make a buzzing sound by vibration of an armature.

(Buzzer Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)