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armature
noun(ar-ma-ture)
an organ or structure (such as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense
armature
noun(ar-ma-ture)
a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or of adjacent magnets
armature
noun(ar-ma-ture)
a usually rotating part of an electric machine (such 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

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