effector

== English == === Alternative forms === effecter effectour (obsolete) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin effector. By surface analysis, effect + -or. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭ-fĕk′tər (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈfek.tə/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ɪˈfɛk.tə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛk.təɹ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈfek.tə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛk.təɾ/ (India) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛ(ː)k.ʈɜː(ɾ)/, /ɪˈfɛ(ː)k.ʈəɾ/ Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ef‧fec‧tor === Noun === effector (plural effectors) One who or that which brings about an event or result, accomplishes a purpose, etc. (biology) Any muscle, organ etc. that can respond to a stimulus from a nerve. (biology) The part of a nerve that carries a stimulus to a muscle etc. (biology) Any small molecule that effects the function of an enzyme by binding to an allosteric site. (clarification of this definition is needed (e.g. in some cruise missiles?)) An actuator. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === receptor === References === === Further reading === “effector”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Etymology === From effectus + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛfˈfɛk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [efˈfɛk.tor] Hyphenation: ef‧fec‧tor === Noun === effector m (genitive effectōris, feminine effectrīx); third declension effecter, producer, cause ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “effector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “effector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers === Further reading === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “effector”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC “effector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.