noun
Meaning 1
The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stator
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stator coil
Antonyms: rotor
Broader terms: mechanical device
History
Etymology
From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from stāre (“to stand”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: estatore — stationary part of a motor
- Chinese Mandarin: 定子 (dìngzǐ) — stationary part of a motor
- Finnish: staattori — stationary part of a motor
- Finnish: seisoja — stationary part of a motor
- Greek: στάτης (státis) — stationary part of a motor
- Indonesian: stator — stationary part of a motor
- Macedonian: ста́тор (státor) — stationary part of a motor
- Polish: stojan — stationary part of a motor
- Portuguese: estator — stationary part of a motor
- Spanish: estátor — stationary part of a motor
- Spanish: estator — stationary part of a motor
- Tagalog: patigil — stationary part of a motor