compensator
nounEtymology From compensate + -or.
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.
- 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; […].1944 July and August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Point-Rod Compensators”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:
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.
- Derived terms
- muzzle compensator
- Related terms
- compensable, compensative, compensatory, compensational