Stator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The stationary part of a motor, dynamo, turbine, or other working machine about which a rotor turns.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The stationary member of an electrical machine, as of an induction motor.
  • n. The case inclosing a turbine wheel; the body of stationary blades or nozzles.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The stationary element of an electric machine, more particularly of an induction-motor.
  • n. An immovable element of a machine which is also its armature.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves
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    rotor    impeller    contactor    short-circuit    non-inductive    inverter    weathercock    armature    deflector    cuprate