compensator

English

Etymology

compensate +‎ -or

Noun

compensator (plural compensators)

1. (literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation
2. Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance.
   • 1944 July and August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Point-Rod Compensators”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:

     Anything that reverses the direction of movement in a length of point rodding will act as a compensator over an equal length on each side of it; […] .

3. 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.

   Compensators ensure less heat is provided to a room on a warmer day. They may be implemented mechanically, electronically or in software.

4. (nautical) One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass

Derived terms

• muzzle compensator

Related terms

• compensable
• compensative
• compensatory
• compensational

Latin

Verb

compēnsātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of compēnsō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensateur.

Noun

compensator n (plural compensatoare)

1. compensator

Adjective

compensator m or n (feminine singular compensatoare, masculine plural compensatori, feminine and neuter plural compensatoare)

1. compensatory

Declension

Declension of compensator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	compensator		compensatoare	compensatori	compensatoare
	definite	compensatorul		compensatoarea	compensatorii	compensatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	compensator		compensatoare	compensatori	compensatoare
	definite	compensatorului		compensatoarei	compensatorilor	compensatoarelor

Related terms

• compensa
• compensabil
• compensabilitate
• compensator (adjective)
• compensat
• compensație