Armature

Quick meaning: Armature is a noun meaning A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.

Meaning

A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.

More Meanings

1. Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
2. The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
3. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
4. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
5. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
6. (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
7. (computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.

Example Sentences

"Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.

Good telling of happenings—fact or fiction—has talents in the tale. Beginning and end must strive to armature these.

This essentially implies that a wide overhang and waterproof foundations are needed, and the material itself is treated by compaction, alloying or armaturing.

T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed.

Word Forms

• armatures
• armaturing
• armatured

Synonyms for armature

Depending on context, synonyms include keeper.

Related Words

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