positioner

1. 1.

   (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track

   Synonymsrotary actuator

   Broaderactuator

   computer science

Other forms of positioner

plural

positioners·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about positioner

What does positioner mean?

positioner means "(computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track".

How many syllables are in positioner?

positioner has 5 syllables: po-si-ti-o-ner. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for positioner?

Close synonyms include rotary actuator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is positioner a common word?

positioner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.