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stator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stator has 1 sense
- stator(n = noun.artifact) stator coil - mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves; Array is a part of electric motor, generator, turbine
is a kind of mechanical device
Antonym: rotor
CIDE DICTIONARY
stator, n.
A stationary part in or about which another part (the rotor) revolves, esp. when both are large; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stator, n. Electr. the stationary part of a machine, esp. of an electric motor or generator.
Etymology
STATIONARY, after ROTOR
ROGET THESAURUS
stator
Attraction
N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.
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