Definition of "armature" []

• Electricity The rotating part of a dynamo, consisting essentially of copper wire wound around an iron core. (noun)
• Electricity The moving part of an electromagnetic device such as a relay, buzzer, or loudspeaker. (noun)
• Electricity A piece of soft iron connecting the poles of a magnet. (noun)
• Biology A protective covering, structure, or organ of an animal or a plant, such as teeth, claws, thorns, or the shell of a turtle. (noun)
• A framework serving as a supporting core for the material that is used to make a sculpture. (noun)

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• "King Kong armature from the 1933 film was recently auctioned off by Christie’s of London."
• "In these, by means of a steam-engine or other power, a number of coils of wire called the armature are set into rapid revolution between the poles of powerful electro-magnets."
• "This depression is effected by means of an electro-magnet, E, whose armature, which is connected with the rod, _t, t_, lifts the arm, _i_, of the lever, and depresses A."