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compensator|ˈkɒmpənseɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. in L. form f. compensāre to compensate: cf. F. compensateur.]
a. One who or that which compensates.
1888Pall Mall G. 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.
1837Brewster Magnet. 359 The compensator produces the same effect as the iron on shipboard does. c1861Tripplin & Rigg tr. Saunier's Mod. Horology 683 Makers of compensators. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 462 Magnetic compensator, an iron plate fixed near the compass, to neutralize the effect of local attraction upon the needle. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. 601/1 Compensator..a device to equalize the action of the exhauster which withdraws the gas from the retorts.
c. Electr. A device that effects compensation (cf. compensation 1 d); spec. an auto-transformer; (see also quot. 1955).
1873J. B. Stearns Brit. Pat. 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. 1898E. 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. 1955Gloss. Terms Radiology (B.S.I.) 42 Compensator, a device whereby the voltage per turn of an auto-transformer can be kept constant. |