armatures
Meaning of armatures
- the rotating coil or coils of a dynamo or electric motor.
- an open framework on which a sculpture is moulded with clay or similar material.
- the protective covering of an animal or plant.
late Middle English: from French, from Latin armatura ‘armour’, from armare ‘to arm’ (see arm2). The original sense was ‘armour’, hence ‘protective covering’ (armature (sense 3), early 18th century), later ‘keeper of a magnet’, source of armature (sense 1) (mid 19th century).
Information about armatures
- It is a name.
- The singular form of armatures is: armature.
- Languages in which armatures is used:
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Hyphenation of armatures
ar-ma-tures
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- armatures is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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