as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
the rigid armature of a highly stratified society
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Recent Examples of armature
Both sculptures were propped up by a visible armature of steel scaffolding and sandbags.
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Diana is a complex object: hollow, delicately modeled over an iron armature, perfectly balanced, and positioned in a narrow portico overlooking Fifth Avenue.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
Following global listener feedback, SoundPeats has developed a pair of wireless earbuds using two custom balanced armature drivers in each earpiece, working in tandem with a 12mm composite dynamic driver for the lower midrange and bass frequencies.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The design uses a minimum amount of simple circuit elements to capture the essential electroacoustic transfer function between voltage and output sound pressure level for balanced armature receivers, while leaving out factors that are unimportant to feedback control.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2017
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Diana is a complex object: hollow, delicately modeled over an iron armature, perfectly balanced, and positioned in a narrow portico overlooking Fifth Avenue.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
Following global listener feedback, SoundPeats has developed a pair of wireless earbuds using two custom balanced armature drivers in each earpiece, working in tandem with a 12mm composite dynamic driver for the lower midrange and bass frequencies.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The design uses a minimum amount of simple circuit elements to capture the essential electroacoustic transfer function between voltage and output sound pressure level for balanced armature receivers, while leaving out factors that are unimportant to feedback control.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armature
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The leader of the historic church in Downtown Dallas, Senior Pastor Robert Jeffress, vowed to rebuild the iconic structure.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Architecture like this, which reveals its structure while producing its effects, can make a museum feel slightly more humane.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Potenza emphasized broader implications for mental health frameworks and future research directions.—
Crista Marchesseault,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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The flight control software uses a modular publish-subscribe framework, allowing parallel data processing and making system expansion straightforward.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Warson had to do a lot of early scouting to not only equip the existing retreat space with camera options but to build the communal architecture needed for group scenes.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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All Saints’ has hired architecture firm Perkins & Will to help develop the church’s master plan.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The closest the Genesee came to pessimism was a Dylan T-shirt or two in the lobby with a skeleton wearing a top hat.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Another discovery was a new chimaera — also known as a ghost shark or rat fish — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Armature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armature. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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