stator

[ stey-ter ]

/ ˈsteɪ tər /

noun

Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.Compare rotor(def 1).

Aeronautics. the system of stationary airfoils in the compressor of a jet engine.

Origin of stator

1900–05; < New Latin, Latin: literally, one that stands. See status, -tor

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Examples from the Web for stator

The field system is called the stator, and the armature the rotor.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
Between the rows of the blading upon the rotor extend similar rows of stationary blades attached to the casing or stator.
Steam Turbines|Hubert E. Collins
The coil represents the stationary part, the stator (Fig. 445) and the cup the rotating part, the rotor, of an induction motor.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
Stator came to me and told me that my son was cleared and a free man.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln|Francis Fisher Browne

The currents in the rotor winding are induced by the action of the rotating magnetic field set up by the stator currents.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stator

stator

/ (ˈsteɪtə) /

noun

the stationary part of a rotary machine or device, esp of a motor or generator

a system of nonrotating radially arranged parts within a rotating assembly, esp the fixed blades of an axial flow compressor in a gas turbine

Compare rotor (def. 1)

Word Origin for stator

C20: from Latin: one who stands (by), from stāre to stand

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Word Origin and History for stator