🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

actuator noun

  /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tɚ/ , /ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , [ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.ɾɚ] , [ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]
  • Something that actuates something else.
  • 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.
 actionneur

actuate verb

  /ˈæktju.eɪt/ , /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/ , /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/ , /ˈækt͡ʃʉ.æɪt/
  • (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
 chauffer
  • (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
 actionner

actuate

actuer
Wiktionary Links