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- noun Plural form of
stator .
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The stationary airfoils, also known as a stators or vanes, turn and decelerate the fluid; preparing and redirecting the flow for the rotor blades of the next stage.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The stationary airfoils, also known as a stators or vanes, turn and decelerate the fluid; preparing and redirecting the flow for the rotor blades of the next stage.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Today's run on static electricity: immobile "stators" arrayed around a circular motor are electrically charged and tug the motor's gears, making them spin.
Welcome To Lilliput 2008
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Moving along, what is the function of the basal body + C-Ring + MS-Rings + the newly added stators?
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Its variable stators (which help control the airflow through the compressor blades) were controlled by movable linkages, but these stuck periodically (the solution was liberal application of WD-40).
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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These engines look as if they were designed by the Mazda corporation, with many distinct mechanical parts made of proteins including rotors, stators, O-rings, bushings, U-joints and drive shafts.
ID floats a lead-lined trial balloon - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Because of the low power and subsequent minimal incidence of commutator sparking, universal motor stators dispense with interpole and compensation windings.
7. Single-phase alternating current motors Hans-Friedrich Hoyer 1991
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Other Great Industries Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc has an immediate opening for a skilled Winder for the second shift for winding stators and/or armatures for electric motors, transformers & special equipment.
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Secondly, ESLs cannot be driven to high SPLs like cone speakers because the membrane only moves a few millimeters between the stators, and most ESLs don't have a lot of surface area, including the one I was using as the center channel.
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Secondly, ESLs cannot be driven to high SPLs like cone speakers because the membrane only moves a few millimeters between the stators, and most ESLs don't have a lot of surface area, including the one I was using as the center channel.
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