Actuate vs Pushrod - What's the difference?
actuate | pushrod |
To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
* Johnson
To incite to action; to motivate.
* 1748 . HUME, David Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 11.
* Addison
A rod in a piston engine that actuates rocker arms above the cylinder head.
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As a verb actuate
is to activate, or to put into motion; to animate.As a noun pushrod is
a rod in a piston engine that actuates rocker arms above the cylinder head.actuate
English
Verb
(actuat)- Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
- A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.
- Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.
Derived terms
* actuatorSee also
* actualise, actualize ----pushrod
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia pushrod)citation