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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/, /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.tjʊɚ/

名詞

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.

   Synonym: keeper

7. (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
8. (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.
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.
    • 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.

派生語

動詞

armature (third-person singular simple present armatures, present participle armaturing, simple past and past participle armatured)

1. 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.

   • 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:

     "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.