compensator

Meaning

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

Synonyms

adjuster

bellows

complementer

condenser

equalizer

filter

governor

regulator

satisfier

sufficer

trimmer

expansion joint

compensating device

complementor

indemnitor

expansion pipe

control apparatus

phase modulator

compensating mirror

phase modifier

rotary condenser

gratifier

balancing sheet

balance gear

rotatable phase-adjusting transformer

compensation apparatus

compensating prism

compensating glass

Translations

compensatore

Kompensator

compensador

Ausgleicher

compensateur

compensator

ικανοποιών

compensador

Regler

Phasenschieber

المُعَوِّض

transformator

Etymology

From compensate + -or.