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
Example Sentences
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“It comes apart like a big erector set.”
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 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
Mr Kay, a retired steel erector and former soldier, said as soon as he turned on to the road "both my near-side tyres popped".
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023
Its application is more general upon planing machine work than any other, although it is frequently used by the lathe hand or turner, and by the vice hand and erector.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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