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Answer for the clue "Dynamo component ", 8 letters:
armature

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In sculpture , an armature is a framework around which the sculpture is built. This framework provides structure and stability, especially when a plastic material such as wax , newspaper or clay is being used as the medium. When sculpting the human figure, ...

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Armature \Ar"ma*ture\, n. [L. armatura, fr. armare to arm: cf. F. armature. See Arm , v. t., Armor .] Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants. (Magnetism) A piece ...

Usage examples of armature.

Then, panting hard, he broke free, rushed back to the armature and began sculpting without inhibition.

I think, looking at the blue iris paper-wrapped armature that seemed so hopeful in June.

The molds and deckles are neatly stacked, coils of armature wire sit untouched by the table.

Rigged to an ECUan environmental-control unitthat Rhyme could manipulate with his one working finger, the device used a rubber armature to turn pages of books.

He glanced about, at the cage, the obliviously moving aliens, at the slick sheen of mercury-like substance that covered the armature of the birdcage.

They slid along the structure like droplets of water along the wires of a wet birdcage, and passed over and through each other like waves, whether they met moving about the armature or sailing through the space inside.

And the steel armature on my left side is light and silent and moves like my own hand and wrist, rather than like a clattering horror of an obsolete machine.

Rhyme could manipulate with his one working finger, the device used a rubber armature to turn pages of books.

Speed is controlled by increasing or diminishing the number of armature bearings in series with the accumulator--all of which is simply accomplished by a lever which the pilot moves from his position on deck where he ordinarily lies upon his stomach, his safety belt snapped to heavy rings in the deck.

Diana had lived with the tarot as an armature of her thought processes so long that she could drop in and out of the half-tranced state of contemplation at will.

Instantly armatures popped out from every direction, metal limbs swinging into place.

It carried him to Sio Bibble and the Naboo officials now, jointed armatures working in careful precision, allowing him to remain relaxed and comfortable as he took note of the fear in the eyes of the officials backing Bibble.

As Boba Fett slammed the locking armature into its socket, then spun and dived for the floor, the cannon barrel swung down from nearly vertical to aiming level.

It was also evident that, in the past, Muslim marauders had often swept through Dun-huang, for many of the statues were in ruins, hacked apart, revealing their simple construction of gesso molded onto cane and reed armatures, or at the least were cruelly disfigured.

The rocket gymbals could be controlled either by a powerglove or by remote, eliminating the need for bulky armatures and a separate mounting for the exhaust nozzles.