compensator
English
noun
Definitions
- (literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation
- Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance
- A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling.
- (nautical) One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass
Etymology
Suffix from English compensate.
Origin
English
compensate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compensatable English
- compensate English
- compensatest English
- compensateth English
- compensatory English
- decompensate English
- malcompensate English
- miscompensate English
- overcompensate English
- precompensate English
- recompensate English
- undercompensate English
- compensatus Latin