COMPARATOR

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.

(law) anything that serves comparison

Synonyms

• dial gauge

• dial indicator

• indicator

Source: Wiktionary


Com"pa*ra`tor ( or ), n. Etym: [L., a comparater.] (Physics)

Definition: An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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