Usually means: Devices that convert energy into motion.
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  1. actuators: Merriam-Webster
  2. actuators: Collins English Dictionary
  3. actuators: Vocabulary.com
  4. Actuators, actuators: Wordnik
  5. actuators: Wiktionary
  6. actuators: Dictionary.com
  7. Actuators: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Actuators: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Actuators: Legal dictionary

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  1. Actuators: Encyclopedia

(Note: See actuator as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (actuator)

noun:  Something that actuates something else.
noun:  A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
noun:  (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
noun:  (electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
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