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Webster 1913 Edition
Comparator
Com′pa-raˊtor
(? or ?)
, Noun.
[L., a comparer.]
(Physics)
An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; – applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.
Definition 2024
comparator
comparator
English
Use of a comparator to measure thickness difference between an object and a standard.
Noun
comparator (plural comparators)
- Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
- An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
Synonyms
Latin
Verb
comparātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of comparō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of comparō
References
- comparator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comparator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.