noun
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anatomy any muscle that raises a part or makes it erect
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a person or thing that erects
Etymology
Origin of erector
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Asked about his work as a sign erector in 2005, Mr Goddard asked Mr Packer about cables he used in the course of his work.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a factory that produces transport erector launchers, or TELs, without saying when he went or where the factory is.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
In his free time, Calleia built Meccano erector set models and made models of military equipment, bridges and machinery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Sears sold everything: feed for chickens, Whirlpool washing machines, as well as the nightgowns, watches and erector sets in the Christmas “wish book.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2018
Microscopes which have a draw tube can be furnished with an erector, an instrument so called because it erects the images, which the microscope has turned upside down, through the crossing of the rays.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
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