Definition of Comparator. Meaning of Comparator. Synonyms of Comparator

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Definition of Comparator

Comparator
Comparator Com"pa*ra`tor (? or ?), n. [L., a comparer.] (Physics) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

Meaning of Comparator from wikipedia

- In electronics, a comparator is a device that compares two voltages or currents and outputs a digital signal indicating which is larger. It has two analog...
- comparator is an electronic component that compares two input voltages. Comparators are closely related to operational amplifiers, but a comparator is...
- An optical comparator (often called just a comparator in context) or profile projector is a device that applies the principles of optics to the inspection...
- Comparator may refer to: A biological comparator system An electrical comparator various data comparators including cmp and diff A digital comparator...
- A digital comparator or magnitude comparator is a hardware electronic device that takes two numbers as input in binary form and determines whether one...
- A comparator system, or simply comparator, in the fields of biophysics, biology, and neurology is a particular organisation of neurons. Comparators, as...
- of a feedback loop containing a switching device such as a transistor, comparator, relay, op amp, or a negative resistance device like a tunnel diode, that...
- A blink comparator is a viewing apparatus formerly used by astronomers to find differences between two photographs of the night sky. It permits rapid switching...
- analog-to-digital converter that uses a linear voltage ladder with a comparator at each "rung" of the ladder to compare the input voltage to successive...
- Schmitt trigger is a comparator circuit with hysteresis implemented by applying positive feedback to the noninverting input of a comparator or differential...