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Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.

The act of divesting of armature. [R.]

An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.

circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles and the armature; clearance.

Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. 1 Pet. iv. 1. To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature.

-- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. -- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. -- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.

Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.

One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.

A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; -- distinguished from ring winding, etc.

One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.

g, called the rotor, these two members corresponding to a certain extent to the field and armature of a direct-current motor.

ch connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.

Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.

A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding. --Se"ries-wound`, a.

uit so as to form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current from the armature to maintain the field. -- Shunt gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under Rifling.

A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding. --Shunt"-wound` (#), a.

A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

r bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator. Winding engine, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. -- Winding sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. -- Winding tackle (…