armature

plural armatures

1. A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
2. Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
3. The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
4. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
5. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
6. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.

   Synonyms: keeper

7. sculptureA supporting framework in a sculpture.
8. computer graphicsA kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
9. A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
10. Any apparatus for defence.
11. The frame of a pair of glasses.

    It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.

    2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian

present singular third person armatures · participle present armaturing · participle past armatured · past armatured

1. To provide with an armature (any sense).

   "Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.

   1986 January, Janeen A. Olsen, “Will Vinton Productions provided character animation for Walt Disney's RETURN TO OZ that was groundbreaking”, in Cinefantastique, volume 15, number 5, Oak Park, IL: Frederick S. Clarke, →ISSN, page 48, column 3

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   T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed.

   1940, Waldo David Frank, Chart for Rough Water: Our Role in a New World, page 147

   This essentially implies that a wide overhang and waterproof foundations are needed, and the material itself is treated by compaction, alloying or armaturing.

   1996, Mrinalini Devi Sharma, Energy Conscious Earth Architecture for Sustainable Development

   Alonzo knew instantly how to armature his horse figures, by using some self-fashioned wires, to capture the real-life motion of his stallions. Armaturing is a skill that takes some artists years to master.

   2011, Darold A. Treffert, Daniel Tammet, Islands of Genius

   Good telling of happenings—fact or fiction—has talents in the tale. Beginning and end must strive to armature these.

   2012, Phil Wallace Payne, The Strivers, →ISBN