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the part that stays still while everything spins around it gets all the credit
means The stationary part of an electric motor or generator, against which the rotating part (the rotor) turns.
from A modern technical word, coined in the late 19th century as engineers built the first motors and dynamos. It's simply the Latin verb 'stare,' 'to stand,' fitted with the agent-ending '-ator' — the thing that stands — deliberately paired against its spinning sibling 'rotor,' from 'rotare,' 'to turn.' Two Latin verbs frozen into one machine: one stands, one rolls.
- name origin
- From Latin for stander; the rotor steals the limelight
- copper guts
- Wound with miles of insulated copper wire
- magnetic trick
- Creates a rotating field while physically not moving
- everywhere
- Lives inside motors, generators, and your power tools
- heat sink
- Often the hottest component, demanding serious cooling
tesla model 3 motor — ac induction motor with stator windings that create rotating magnetic field in tesla's ev drivetrain
siemens 1le1 electric motor — industrial three-phase induction motor with laminated stator core used in factories worldwide
dishwasher pump motor — small shaded-pole motor with stator that drives the wash pump in household dishwashers