Thesaurus results for ACTUATOR

actuator

noun

Definition of actuator

as in lever

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Recent Examples of actuator But that requires more than just putting a hinge and an actuator in the wing. — David Szondy august 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026 Once the patch detects a hazard, a tiny actuator creates a vibration against your skin. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 LiberNovo provides a five-year warranty on all Omni’s non-electronic parts, and covers the battery, cables, and actuator for two years. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 The winning enterprise systems will look less like a robot with a model on top and more like a control plane that happens to have actuators. — Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for actuator

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Noun

Their one lever appeared to be a hope of LeBron James arriving in free agency.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Policy pressure is turning resale into a compliance lever, but most apparel retailers lack the infrastructure to respond at scale, according to ThredUp’s 2026 Resale Report, released this week.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lever

Noun

But before Bane can finish him off, Batman stabs a Batarang into a little knob on Bane’s wrist gauntlet, the one that controls his intake of Venom.

— Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
All the mixes and all the pans and everything were all people operating the things, the pots, the knobs and things.

— Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of knob

Noun

By adding a few switches, an airport express train could weave between local trains and proceed nonstop between O’Hare and the Loop.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Also, if the switch from side by side to one-front/one-back happened instantaneously, your brain would get confused about how to interpret the images delivered from each eye, since the setup would be quite different from what you were used to.

— Abigail Witmer, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of switch

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