compensatorn.
/ˈkɒmpənseɪtə/ a. One who or that which compensates.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > one who or that which compensates
indemnificator1827
indemnifier1882
compensator1888
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Apr. 6/1 A compensator, a consoler, and a refuge from the wreck and ruin.
b. spec. A contrivance or instrument for producing mechanical compensation: see quots.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance > object used as
again-weight1340
counterpoisec1430
counterweight1768
compensation-balance1805
compensation-pendulum1807
compensating-pendulum1819
compensator1837
bumper1868
counterbalance1875
1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 359 The compensator produces the same effect as the iron on shipboard does.
c1861 Tripplin & Rigg tr. Saunier Mod. Horol. 683 Makers of compensators.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 462 Magnetic compensator, an iron plate fixed near the compass, to neutralize the effect of local attraction upon the needle.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 601/1 Compensator..a device to equalize the action of the exhauster which withdraws the gas from the retorts.
c. A device that effects compensation (cf. compensation n. 1d) in an electrical circuit or device; spec. an auto-transformer; (see also quot. 1955).
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > transformer > [noun] > auto-transformer
compensator1873
auto-converter1888
autotransformer1893
Variac1933
1873 J. B. Stearns Brit. Patent 3879 8 The static balance may..be effected independently of the magnetic or permanent balance, and thus a condenser or other ‘compensator’ of small capacity may be made to compensate a large line or cable capacity.
1898 E. J. Houston Dict. Electr. Words (ed. 4) App. 719/2 Compensator, an auto-transformer. Compensator for alternating current lamps, a chocking coil or compensator..for the purpose of automatically regulating the current strength in the lamps. Compensator system, a system of alternating-current electric distribution from high-pressure mains to low-pressure translating devices.
1955 Gloss. Terms Radiol. (B.S.I.) 42 Compensator, a device whereby the voltage per turn of an auto-transformer can be kept constant.
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