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Recent Examples of actuator
In the 68-mm-long new robo-manta, Yin and his team did away with the bistable design along with the bottom actuator.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
The array of switches, sensors, actuators, motors, and displays offers terrific versatility.
—Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
But the axles can be offset from the center of the drive gear – there's a sliding actuator that gradually pushes all three axles out and away from the center.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
The point is to make sure that drivers appear alert and ready to take control of the driving task if the suite of electronic sensors and actuators gets overwhelmed or misjudges a situation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
The array of switches, sensors, actuators, motors, and displays offers terrific versatility.
—Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
But the axles can be offset from the center of the drive gear – there's a sliding actuator that gradually pushes all three axles out and away from the center.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
The point is to make sure that drivers appear alert and ready to take control of the driving task if the suite of electronic sensors and actuators gets overwhelmed or misjudges a situation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actuator
Noun
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In the short term, Chriss has said the two primary monetization levers are Venmo’s debit card, which allows customers to spend with their balance both online and offline, and Pay With Venmo, which provides a seamless way for customers to pay online.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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Her theory was that, because the previous lucky lever was No. 7, the other one would turn out to be No. 1.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Its retro design, which skips a color screen for a slim digital display set below tactile knobs, stokes nostalgia while delivering excellent sound quality.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
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The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Use the Help button in the Settings menu of the Games app.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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In upper trims, the retractable center console slides back to push cup holders and power ports closer to second row passengers and opens a large tray between the front seats, and the third row seats can be raised or lowered with a button on the front touch screen.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The front-facing lens is a 5-megapixel (5MP) camera with a physical privacy switch, and the rear camera is an 8MP unit.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
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With the switch, the five years’ worth of orders under NSSF Phase 2 have ULA with 25 missions ordered to SpaceX’s 23 missions, for what was originally targeted to be a 60% to 40% order ration in favor of ULA.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Actuator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actuator. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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