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effector

[ ih-fek-ter ]

noun

  1. Also effecter. a person or thing that effects.
  2. Physiology. an organ or cell that carries out a response to a nerve impulse.
  3. Biochemistry. a substance, as a hormone, that increases or decreases the activity of an enzyme.

  4. The device has three arms with effectors that can grip and pick up objects.

effector

/ ɪˈfɛktə /

noun

  1. physiol a nerve ending that terminates in a muscle or gland and provides neural stimulation causing contraction or secretion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of effector1

1595–1605; < Latin, equivalent to effec-, variant stem of efficere ( effect ) + -tor -tor

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Example Sentences

Esto salus et suggestor et effector judiciorum nostrorum, qui solus cum Deo patre et ejus Filio nomen possides gloriosum.

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