Main Entry:

ar·ma·ture

Pronunciation:

\ˈär-mə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, armor, from Latin armatura armor, equipment, from armatus

Date:

15th century

1: an organ or structure (as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense2 a: a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or of adjacent magnets b: a usually rotating part of an electric machine (as a generator or motor) which consists essentially of coils of wire around a metal core and in which electric current is induced or in which the input current interacts with a magnetic field to produce torque c: the movable part of an electromagnetic device (as a loudspeaker) d: a framework used by a sculptor to support a figure being modeled in a plastic material e: framework 1a <events that serve as the armature of the book>