English

Noun

discriminator ‎(plural discriminators)

1. A person who discriminates or differentiates
2. (physics) Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard
3. A feature of the seller's offering that: 1) differs from a competitor's offering and 2) is important to this buyer

Latin

Verb

discrīminātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of discrīminō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of discrīminō

References

• discriminator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “discriminator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• discriminator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016