Sentence examples for actuation from inspiring English sources
noun
The act of putting into motion.
- Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks.
For example, some electric wheelchairs can be controlled by using head movement, breath actuation, tongue movement, or lower extremity control.
The prototype robot combines two subsystems: a bio-inspired energy source and bio-inspired actuation.
Automatic transmissions not only require little skill to operate but also make possible better performance than is obtainable with designs that require clutch actuation.
Mechanical operation by means of rigid links is satisfactory for single brakes, but when several brakes are actuated from a single source, as on an automobile, it is difficult to obtain equal braking effectiveness on all wheels; for this reason, hydraulic actuation, with oil under the same pressure acting on all brakes, is preferable.
The patent is specifically for a "display resolution increase with mechanical actuation".
Smiths, based in London, is interested in the unit's actuation and power-management businesses, said Keith Buther-Wheelhouse, the chief executive.
A technology known to engineers as camless valve actuation is on the drawing boards but expected in production cars as early as 2010.
"Actuation of the trigger also activates a heat source to temporarily provide heat to the exposed portion of the cigarette, thereby lighting the cigarette and allowing the smoker to take a puff from the end of the cigarette protruding from the lighter box housing," Xuan Pham writes.
Up to 32 channels, including temperature, ignition timing, engine r.p.m., fuel flow and clutch-actuation pressure are logged.
"It feels like a sub-woofer," says Mr Viegas.Feel the forceThe new phone goes much further, using very precise actuations of its built-in motors to produce realistic, button-like clicks whenever an onscreen button is pressed.
The second issue is whether we can settle the first issue by using the epistemological axiom that we come to an (ultimately metaphysical) understanding of dynamic natures by understanding capacities through their actuations — which, in turn, we come to understand by understanding their objects.
