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POSITIONER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positioner mean? 

POSITIONER (noun)
  The noun POSITIONER has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data trackplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POSITIONER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

positioner; rotary actuator

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

actuator (a mechanism that puts something into automatic action)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Derivation:

position (put into a certain place or abstract location)

position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)


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