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manipulator
/məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə(ɹ)/
noun
What it means
- A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.
1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157 - A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.
In a sentence
The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.
1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157
Where it comes from
From manipulate + -or.
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