Armature

имя существительное 1) защитное вооружение, броня Например: Take for example the armature of the Infantry. — Возьмём к примеру вооружение пехоты. Синоним(ы): armour, arms 2) [технический термин] арматура 3) [электротехника] якорь (электрической машины) 4) [электротехника] броня (кабеля) 5) [зоология, ботаника] панцирь 6) каркас (основа, используемая скульптором при лепке фигуры)

Большой англо-русский словарь

Armature

1) арматура 2) якорь (электромагнита) 3) [электротехника] ротор 4) обкладка (конденсатора) 5) броня (кабеля)

Англо-русский политехнический словарь

Armature

noun Etymology: Middle English, armor, from Latin armatura armor, equipment, from armatus 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 Example: the armature of the book derives from fourteenth century England — Stanley Kauffmann

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