actuator

 [ak-choo-ey-ter]  

ac·tu·a·tor

   [ak-choo-ey-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that actuates.
2.
a servomechanism that supplies and transmits a measured amount of energy for the operation of another mechanism or system.
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Origin:
1860–65; actuate + -or2
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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actuate (ˈæktʃʊˌeɪt)
 
—vb
1.  to put into action or mechanical motion
2.  to motivate or incite into action: actuated by unworthy desires
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin actuātus, from actuāre to incite to action, from Latin āctusact]
 
actu'ation
 
—n
 
'actuator
 
—n

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