Effector

Definitions: Effector

Effector

Noun

1. One who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose.

2. A nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion.

3. An organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses.

Etymology: Effector \Ef*fect"or\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Effector

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	Any device used to maneuver a rocket in flight, such as an aerodynamic surface, a gimbaled motor, or a jet. (references)
Computing	A device used to produce a desired change in an object in response to its input energy. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	It is often an enzyme that converts an inactive precursor molecule into an active second messenger. Source: European Union. (references)
Military & Defense	Any device used to manoeuvre a rocket in flight, such as an aerodynamic surface, a gimballed motor, or a jet. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Effector

Synonym: effecter (n). (additional references)

Antonym: sense organ (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Effector

Specialty definitions using "effector": Antibodies, Bispecific, Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity, Autoimmune Diseases ♦ back-space ♦ carriage return character, control character CR, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ♦ degrees of freedom ♦ end effector, Enzyme Repression ♦ format effector ♦ griping device ♦ Immunoglobulin Class Switching, Immunoglobulins, Fc, industrial robot operator ♦ Killer Cells ♦ Neuroeffector Junction, Neurotransmitters ♦ phosphodiesterase ♦ Receptor Aggregation, Receptors, GABA, ROBOTIC MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ Th1 Cells, T-lymphocyte. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Effector" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (producer, someone who causes something).

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Commercial Usage: Effector

Domain	Title
Books	Cytotoxic cells : recognition, effector function, generation, and methods (reference) G Protein Pathways, Part C: Effector Mechanisms (Methods in Enzymology, Volume 345) (reference) Immune effector mechanisms in disease : proceedings of the Fourth Irwin Strasburger Memorial Seminar on Immunology (reference) Immunological recognition and effector mechanisms in infectious diseases : proceedings of a meeting (reference) Lymphocyte recognition and effector mechanisms; proceedings (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Effector (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Effector

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Immunoglobulins are proteins produced by cells of the B lymphocyte lineage that are the major effector molecules of the humoral immune system. (references)
		Even low doses of UVB can reduce their antigen-presenting capability, block the normal effector pathway, and evoke an inappropriate response by activating T suppressor networks. (references)
		In one series of studies, researchers at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons sought to discover whether the activation of caspases could explain any of the features of AD's progression (Troy et al., 2000). They found that beta-amyloid induced one particular caspase not only to initiate the cell death pathway � to start apoptosis � but also to act as an effector of cell death, in essence becoming the "cell terminator. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Effector

"Effector" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Effector" is used about 60 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%	60	43,597

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Effector

Expressions using "effector": effector cell ♦ end effector ♦ format effector. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "effector": effector-to-target.
	Ending with "effector": end-effector.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Effector

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
effector	77
end effector	52
robot end effector	12
effector ifm	7
robotic end effector	6
cell directed effector	5
effector sensor	5
effector guitar	4
effector proximity switch	3
effector imf	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Effector

Language		Translations for "effector"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		动作器. (various references)

Danish		effektor, styreelement. (various references)

Dutch		effector (end effector), stuurelement, generator (boiler, electric generator, generator, spark-erosion generator). (various references)

Finnish		efektori, tehostin, raketin ohjain. (various references)

French		effecteur, récepteur, générateur, actionneur. (various references)

German		Effektor. (various references)

Greek		effector, Συσκευή επίδρασης. (various references)

Hebrew		מפעיל (actuator, agent, operator, reagent), מבצע (executing, executor, performer, performing). (various references)

Italian		effettore, attuatore (actuator, electric actuator). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effective, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		エフェクター . (various references)

Pig Latin		effectoray.(various references)

Portuguese		manobrador (hostler, marshal, marshaler, marshaller, shunter, switchman), determinante (determinant, determinative). (various references)

Russian		спецификатор (declarator, qualifier, specificator). (various references)

Spanish		efector. (various references)

Swedish		effektor, generator (dynamo-electric machine, electric generator, generator). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Effector

Derivations
	Words beginning with "effector": effectors. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Effector"

Words rhyming with "effector" (pronounced 'Ef*fect"or'): Acceptor, Assertor, Assessor, Assistor, Assizor, Attractor, Chantor, Circumventor, Co-assessor, Collector, Compressor, Conductor, Confessor, Conjector, Connector, Consignor, Constrictor, constructor, Contractor, Contradictor, Conveyor, Corrector, Countor, Cruor, Debtor, Decolor, Deflector, Deforceor, Demeanor, Depressor, Detracor, Devisor, Digestor, Dilator, Director, Discolor, Disenamor, Disinfector, Dispossessor, Dissector, Distrainor, Duressor, Egressor, Embraceor, Enactor, Enamor, Encolor, Envigor, Ephor, Escheator, Exactor, Exceptor, Excheator, Extructor, flexor, grantor, Guilor, Hydro-extractor, ignitor, Impressor, Indictor, inductor, Infractor, Injector, inspector, instructor, INVENTOR, investor, Invigor, Mainor, Maintainor, manor, mayor, Miscolor, misdemeanor, Nonconductor, Objector, Oppressor, Overcolor, Pavisor, Possessor, Predictor, Preemtor, Prepossessor, Pressor, Professor, Protector, Protractor, Purveyor, Receiptor, reflector, Refractor, Regrator, Relator, Releasor, Reservor, Rethor, retractor, Revivor, sailor, selector, Self-tormentor, subcontractor, Subprior, Substractor, suitor, Superstructor, supervisor, suppressor, Supravisor, surveyor, survivor, tenor, Tikor, tormentor, transactor, translator, Tresor, Trior, valor, Vasoconstrictor, Vasodilator, Vendor, Visor, Wastor. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Effector

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-f-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: coffret.
	-2 letters: coffee, coffer, effect, effort, refect, toffee.
	-3 letters: croft, erect, fetor, force, forte, offer, ofter, recto, terce.
	-4 letters: cere, cero, cete, coff, coft, core, corf, cote, feet, fere, fete, fore, fort, free, fret, froe, reef, reft, rete, rote, teff, toff, torc, tore, tree, tref.
	-5 letters: cee, cor, cot, eff, eft, ere, fee, fer, fet, foe, for, fro, off, oft, orc, ore, ort, rec, ree, ref, ret, roc, roe, rot, tee, toe, tor.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-f-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: effectors.
	+3 letters: interoffice.
	+4 letters: counteroffer, efflorescent.
	+5 letters: countereffort, counteroffers.
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