manipulator
Americannoun
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a person who manipulates.
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a mechanical device for the remote handling of objects or materials in conditions not permitting the immediate presence of workers.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of manipulator
First recorded in 1850–55; manipulate + -or 2
Example Sentences
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“The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will be inspected with cameras of the SSRMS, the Space Station Remote Manipulator System,” Roskosmos said in a statement.
From Reuters • Dec. 18, 2022
The Great Manipulator could even serve some jail time if convicted — as much as two years or, perhaps more likely, as little as 30 days.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2022
Except for Woodhouse's cowbell contribution on one song, Segall played every note and drumbeat on "Manipulator," a method he's used on other records.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2014
Manipulator is the only word for Arrington, a man who once said “Getting it right is expensive, getting it first is cheap” and made $25 million from around that fact.
From Forbes • Jul. 16, 2012
Fifth.—Conveyor.—Another conveyor, precisely like the one above described, is to be placed so as to convey the peat from the Manipulator into the Tank without hand labor.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)
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