armature
Sculptor's inner skeleton
An armature is a framework or skeleton that supports something built around it.
Sculptors use wire armatures to support clay; in electrical engineering, the armature is the rotating coil in a motor or generator.
In biology, armature refers to protective structures like thorns, spines, or shells—natural defenses that armor an organism.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- statorImmobile motor component
- coilWound circular arrangement
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- coreCentral essential portion
dynamo · motor · generator · commutator · lamination · shaft · electromagnet · field
Moldable earth for ceramics
- wireThin metallic conductor
- maquettePreliminary sculptural study
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- waxPliable waterproof substance
bronze · casting · molding · figure · pose · support · skeleton · framework
Internal supportive framework
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- shellHard outer covering
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- boneHard skeletal tissue
cartilage · framework · structure · support · protective · invertebrate · arthropod · cuttlebone
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
core · dynamo · motor · generator · commutator · lamination · shaft · electromagnet · field · induction
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
- wireThin metallic conductor
- maquettePreliminary sculptural study
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
wax · bronze · casting · molding · figure · pose · support · skeleton · framework · sculptor
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- shellHard outer covering
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
bone · cartilage · framework · structure · support · protective · invertebrate · arthropod · cuttlebone · chitin
bract
Leaflike floral structure
protective · flower · inflorescence · modified · leaf · plant · covering · defense
plate
Flat dish for food
- mailPostal system items
- breastplateMetal torso protection
- cuirassTorso-protecting plate armor
helmet · gauntlet · greaves · chainmail · shield · vambrace · pauldron · gorget · hauberk · protection
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- art studioeasel, easels, canvas, canvases, palette
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Thomas Edison
- sculptingcarving, clay, modeling, molding, plaster
- telegraphytelegraph, Morse code, telegraphy, telegraph key, telegraph line
- animation toolscel, storyboard, light box, pegboard, dope sheet