armature

armature

See also: armaturé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/, /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.tjʊɚ/

Noun

armature (plural armatures)

1. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
2. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
3. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.

   Synonym: keeper

4. (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
5. (computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
6. A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
7. Armor, or a suit of armor.
8. Any apparatus for defence.
9. The frame of a pair of glasses.
   • 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:

     It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.

Translations

the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo

Arabic: درع‎, درع‎ Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: kotva (cs) f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ankkuri (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: Anker (de) m Hebrew: עֹגֶן‎ (he) m (ógen) Japanese: アーマチュア Maori: pōkaihuri Portuguese: armadura (pt) f Russian: я́корь (ru) m (jákorʹ) Spanish: inducido (es) m Tagalog: paakma

the moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer

a piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet

sculpting

Finnish: tukirakenne, runko (fi) Polish: armatura (pl) f

computer graphics

a protective organ, structure, or covering

Irish: cumhdach m

armor

Finnish: panssari (fi)

defence apparatus

glasses frame

Finnish: kehys (fi)

Translations

French: armature (fr) f

Verb

armature (third-person singular simple present armatures, present participle armaturing, simple past and past participle armatured)

1. To provide with an armature (any sense).
   • 1940, Waldo David Frank, Chart for Rough Water: Our Role in a New World, page 147:

     T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed.

   • 1985, Frederick S Clarke, Cinefantastique - Volume 15, page 48:

     "Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.

   • 1996, Mrinalini Devi Sharma, Energy Conscious Earth Architecture for Sustainable Development:

     This essentially implies that a wide overhang and waterproof foundations are needed, and the material itself is treated by compaction, alloying or armaturing.

   • 2011, Darold A. Treffert, Daniel Tammet, Islands of Genius:

     Alonzo knew instantly how to armature his horse figures, by using some self-fashioned wires, to capture the real-life motion of his stallions. Armaturing is a skill that takes some artists years to master.

   • 2012, Phil Wallace Payne, The Strivers, →ISBN:

     Good telling of happenings—fact or fiction—has talents in the tale. Beginning and end must strive to armature these.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French armature, borrowed from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armure, which was inherited through Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ma.tyʁ/

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Noun

armature f (plural armatures)

1. framework (supportive structure)

Descendants

• → German: Armatur
  • → Polish: armatura
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Latin: armatúra
    • Cyrillic: армату́ра
• → Romanian: armătură, armatură
• → Russian: армату́ра (armatúra)
  • → Bulgarian: армату́ра (armatúra)
  • → Kazakh: арматура (armatura)
  • → Macedonian: арматура (armatura)

Further reading

• “armature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.maˈtu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧tù‧re

Noun

armature f

1. plural of armatura

Anagrams

• maturare, maturerà, ramature

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Latin

Participle

armātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of armātūrus