actuator
Something that actuates something else.
Example
“The mind is the actuator of the body.”
Other meanings
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
Related words
- bioactuator
- microactuator
- multiactuator
- nanoactuator
- piezoactuator
- thermoactuator
- vibroactuator
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “actuator” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.