ACTUATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does actuator mean? 

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

1. a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTUATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mechanism that puts something into automatic action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

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

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

Derivation:

actuate (put in motion or move to act)