: a stationary part in a machine in or about which a rotor revolves
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Geely and Syensqo's clever stator cooling system took the Module Lightweighting prize.—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025 The bump in power isn’t the only change: the single-cylinder gets a new stator, clutch cover, and crankcase.—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025 The Mylar film is coated with a high-resistance conductive material and suspended between two perforated metal plates called stators.—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 Common approaches to building a superconducting machine use the superconducting material for either the rotor or stator coils, or both.—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025 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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