penggerak

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ gerak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəŋ.ɡə.ˈrak/
• Rhymes: -rak
• Hyphenation: pêng‧gê‧rak

Noun

pênggêrak (plural penggerak-penggerak)

1. mover:
   1. someone who or something that moves
   2. prime mover: a machine that converts various other forms of energy (chemical, electrical, fluid pressure/flow, etc.) into energy of movement
2. actuator

   Synonym: aktuator

3. drive
4. (engineering, mechanics) driver (any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element)
5. propulsion

   Synonyms: pendorong, propulsi

Further reading

• “penggerak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016