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Six example sentences with actuator, each labelled with its topic.
A tiny actuator behind the lens nudges the glass whenever the sensor detects a shaking hand, so the frame stays sharp.
Photography
One actuator opens every skylight in the atrium when the indoor temperature passes twenty-four degrees.
Architecture
The insulin pump uses a small actuator to push the plunger forward in doses measured to a thousandth of a millilitre.
Medicine
Each finger of the robot hand has its own actuator, so the software can close one joint while another stays open.
Technology
The controller's actuator delivers a small jolt whenever the car hits gravel, so you feel the road before you see it.
Gaming
A solenoid actuator lifts each hammer of the player piano, striking the string exactly when the roll's hole passes.
Music
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