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Meanings of actuated in English

Actuated.

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Usage of actuated in English
1
Gas-valves for remote control are actuated by gas pressure and by electromagnets.
Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
2
You will not suppose that I am actuated by simple feminine curiosity.
Cord and Creese
3
The charges against him were purely technical and were actuated by malevolence.
Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall ...
4
Muscle-actuated simulations of normal and drop-foot walking were performed using OpenSim software.
Pubmed
5
I suspect that he was actuated by some such considerations as these:
The Theory of Social Revolutions
6
An old grudge against Caesar and chagrin at a defeat actuated Cato.
"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries
7
You saw how this motive actuated me, when I never discerned it.
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2
8
My desire to make her acquaintance is purely actuated by business motives.
The Tempting of Tavernake
9
They could not understand that big men are sometimes actuated by whims.
The Rainy Day Railroad War
10
By these she is actuated, as all her words and actions demonstrate.
Anna St. Ives
11
A man so ready to compromise is actuated by no guiding principle.
The Mirrors of Washington
12
Was it, then, a simple love of justice that had actuated him?
Cobwebs and Cables
13
The vehicle uses an electrically actuated hydraulic power steering system, the agency said.
Reuters
14
The villain of real life is actuated by mere sordid and selfish motives.
Stage-Land
15
The windlasses that lift the bridge are actuated by manual power.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885
16
They seemed actuated by the same frenzy which possessed the dancers.
The Day of the Beast
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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