ROTARY ACTUATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotary actuator mean? 

• ROTARY ACTUATOR (noun)
  The noun ROTARY ACTUATOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ROTARY ACTUATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTARY ACTUATOR (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 ("rotary actuator" 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)