: a stationary part in a machine in or about which a rotor revolves
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This is an axial flux system, with permanent magnet rotors on either side of the electromagnetic stator.—James Morris, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 As a result, Aisin, one of the Toyota group's largest component makers, wasn't able to get rotors and stators from its suppliers, delaying delivery of hybrid motors to Toyota, this person said.—Aditi Shah and Norihiko Shirouzu, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025 The stator converts its thrust force and torque into longitudinal and meridian motions of the torus wheel, respectively, making the torus work as an omnidirectional wheel on a plane.—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2022 The e-motor’s stator and rotor sit in what’s called a Halbach array, which targets and maximizes the density of the magnetic field.—Jason Barlow, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stator
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New Latin, from Latin, one that stands, from stare to stand — more at stand
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