# armature
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/, /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.tjʊɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

armature (plural armatures)
* The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
* The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
* A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
    Synonym: keeper
* (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
* (computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
* 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.
* Armor, or a suit of armor.
* Any apparatus for defence.
* The frame of a pair of glasses.
** 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian: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.

#### Derived terms

* armatureless
* disarmature

#### Translations
### Verb

armature (third-person singular simple present armatures, present participle armaturing, simple past and past participle armatured)
* To provide with an armature (any sense).
** 1940, Waldo David Frank, Chart for Rough Water: Our Role in a New World, page 147: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.
** 1985, Frederick S Clarke, Cinefantastique - Volume 15, page 48:"Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.
** 1996, Mrinalini Devi Sharma, Energy Conscious Earth Architecture for Sustainable Development:This essentially implies that a wide overhang and waterproof foundations are needed, and the material itself is treated by compaction, alloying or armaturing.
** 2011, Darold A. Treffert, Daniel Tammet, Islands of Genius: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.
** 2012, Phil Wallace Payne, The Strivers, →ISBN:Good telling of happenings—fact or fiction—has talents in the tale. Beginning and end must strive to armature these.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French armature, borrowed from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armure, which was inherited through Old French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʁ.ma.tyʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

armature f (plural armatures)
* framework (supportive structure)

#### Descendants

* → German: Armatur
** → Polish: armatura
** → Serbo-Croatian:
*** Latin script: armatúra
*** Cyrillic script: армату́ра
* → Romanian: armătură, armatură
* → Russian: армату́ра (armatúra)
** → Bulgarian: армату́ра (armatúra)
** → Kazakh: арматура (armatura)
** → Macedonian: арматура (armatura)

### Further reading

* “armature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ar.maˈtu.re/
* Rhymes: -ure
* Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧tù‧re

### Noun

armature f
* plural of armatura

### Anagrams

* maturare, maturerà, ramature

## Latin
### Participle

armātūre
* vocative masculine singular of armātūrus