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Definition: Armature |
ArmatureNoun1. Coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Noun: arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature; panoply, stand of arms; armor; (defense); armory; (store); apparatus belli. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| "Armature" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Armature" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "armature": armature coil ♦ armature of an electromagnet ♦ armature shaft ♦ ring armature. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "armature"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | armaturë (armory, armoury, crib, fittings, framework, lagging, mounting), rotor (rotor), koracë (Armor, armor plate, armour, armour plate, plate), guall (nutshell). (various references) | |
Arabic | هيكل (altar, body, carcass, frame, framework, framing, sanctuary, shell, structure, temple), حافظة المغنطيس, عمود (column, perch, pier, pillar, pit, pole, post, prop, stake, standard, stock), عضو الإنتاج, الوقاء غلاف واقى للحيوان, أساس (base, basis, bottom, crux, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, grounding, grounds, pedestal, roadbed, rock, structure, subsoil, substratum, substructure), دعامة (abutment, backlog, beam, brace, crutch, hold, leg, pier, pillar, prop, shore, slip, slipway, staff, stanchion, stick, stock, strut, support), درع الكبل, درع (aegis, armor, armor plate, armored, armour, armour plate, armoured, corset, cuirass, hauberk, mail, shield), بنية (build, construction, fabric, figure, format, formation, framework, gestalt, make up, organism, structure, substructure, texture). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | котва (anchor, keeper, pallet, tongue), защитна обвивка (cowling), арматура (accessories, fitments, fixture, key signature), броня (aegis, armor plate, armour, armour plate, bumper, corselet, cuirass, dashboard, fender, mail, plate armor, plate armour, ring-mail, shell, splash-board, test). (various references) | |
Chinese | "枢. (various references) | |
Czech | výzbroj (armament, equipment, fit out, hardware, outfit, panoply, paraphernalia, weaponry). (various references) | |
Danish | tiltrukket relaeanker (armature up, energized relay armature), sounder (apparatus which permits aural reception of code signals by the sounds made when a heavy electro-magnetic armature moves between and strikes two sounding plates, sounder). (various references) | |
Dutch | armatuur (brace, cramp-iron), anker (anchor, anker, brace, cramp-iron). (various references) | |
Esperanto | armaturo (brace, cramp-iron). (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشش (Camouflage, Capsule, Casing, Coating, Cover, Envelope, Gear, Mantle, Overlay, Robe, Roof, Shale, Shield, Shroud, Tunic), میله فلزی , زره (Armor, Mail), جوشن (Armor, Mail), القاگیر. (various references) | |
French | armature (armor, armoring, armour, armouring, cable armor, cable armour). (various references) | |
German | Armatur (brace, cramp-iron, fitting, fittings, instrument), anker (anchor, grapnel, guy). (various references) | |
Greek | επαγώγιμο ηλεκτρομηχανήσ, οπλισμόσ (armour). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שריון (armour, armour plate, armoured force). (various references) | |
Hungarian | armatúra (arming, brace, cramp-iron, draught), védőfegyverzet. (various references) | |
Indonesian | perlindungan (aegis, patronage, protection). (various references) | |
Italian | armatura (Arbor, Armor, armour, frame, framework, panoply), corridore (racer, runner), ncora (anchor, guy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 電機子 , 発電子 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | で"きし, はつで"し. (various references) | |
Korean | 장갑판. (various references) | |
Manx | caslagh (coil, spiral). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | armatureay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | armadura (armor, armour, brace, fittings, harness, mail, plate, reinforcement). (various references) | |
Romanian | armãturã (Armor, armour, coat, fitting, fixture, keeper), pinten (Cutwater, pastern, ram, spur), cuirasã (Armor, armour, thorax), carapace (Armor, armour, carapace, mail, shell, shield, test). (various references) | |
Russian | арматура (accessory, carcass, fittings, fixture, fixtures, mounting, reinforcement). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | armatura (metal framework, reinforcement bar), oklop (armor, armor plate, armour, armour plate, corslet, cuirass, mail, suit of armor). (various references) | |
Spanish | armadura (Armor, armour, frame, mounting, scaffolding, signature). (various references) | |
Swedish | armatur (electric fittings, fittings). (various references) | |
Turkish | armatür, zırh (Armor, armour, breastplate, coat of mail, corselet, cuirass, edging, harness, mail, sheathing, sheeting, shield), endüvi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шпора (heel, spur), арматура (accessories, carcass), броня (armour, cuirass, mail), панцир (armour, crust, shell). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vỏ giáp. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "armature": armatured, armatures. (additional references) | |
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"Armature" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aemature, amatur, amature, Amaturen, ammature, Arahura, Armatage, armateur, armatire, Armato, Armattoe, armatura, Armishir, Damaturu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-m-r-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: amateur, erratum, maturer. | |
-2 letters: armure, aurate, errata, mature, ramate, trauma. | |
-3 letters: armer, armet, aurae, aurar, mater, murra, murre, muter, ramet, rater, rearm, reata, tamer, tarre, terra, truer, urare, urate. | |
-4 letters: area, arum, atma, aura, maar, mare, mart, mate, maut, meat, meta, mura, mure, murr, mute, rare, rate, ream, rear, ruer, tame, tare, team, tear. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-m-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: armatured, armatures. | |
+2 letters: dramaturge, extramural. | |
+3 letters: dramaturges, ultramarine. | |
+4 letters: dramaturgies, extramurally, magistrature, manufacturer, perambulator, ultramarines, ultrarealism. | |
+5 letters: armamentarium, bureaucratism, magistratures, manufacturers, perambulators, perambulatory, quadrumvirate, quartermaster, remanufacture, ultrarealisms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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