First Known Use: 15th century
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armature
noun ar·ma·ture \ˈär-mə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\
: the part of an electric motor or generator that produces an electric current when it turns in a magnetic field
: a frame used by a sculptor to support a figure that is being modeled
Full Definition of ARMATURE
1
: an organ or structure (as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense
2
a : a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or of adjacent magnets b : a usually rotating part of an electric machine (as a generator or motor) which consists essentially of coils of wire around a metal core and in which electric current is induced or in which the input current interacts with a magnetic field to produce torque c : the movable part of an electromagnetic device (as a loudspeaker) d : a framework used by a sculptor to support a figure being modeled in a plastic material e : framework 1a <events that serve as the armature of the book>
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Origin of ARMATURE
Middle English, armor, from Latin armatura armor, equipment, from armatus
Related to ARMATURE
- Synonyms
- architecture, frame, cadre, configuration, edifice, fabric, framework, framing, infrastructure, shell, skeleton, structure
Rhymes with ARMATURE
amateur, aperture, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur
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armature
noun ar·ma·ture \ˈär-mə-chər\
Definition of ARMATURE for Kids
: the part of an electric motor or generator that turns in a magnetic field
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