Armature

Definitions

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.
7. A supporting framework in a sculpture.
8. A 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.

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“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.”

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