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actuate

[ak-choo-eyt] / ˈæk tʃuˌeɪt /


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Note that the 12Cilindri doesn’t have a hydraulically actuated spoiler cluttering up the rear aspect.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a statement issued by his lawyer, Wootton said the allegations were "completely spurious - lies designed to destroy my career where complainants were actuated by malice".

From BBC

The researchers replaced the heart muscle in the left chamber with a silicone-made soft robotic pump system actuated by air.

From Science Daily

In this way, the fibers actuate using electricity, which offers a user digital control over a textile's form.

From Science Daily

For starters, you can adjust the point at which its switches actuate and register a keypress.

From The Verge