Definition of comparator
:a device for comparing something with a similar thing or with a standard measure
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Tombaugh made his discovery using a device called a blink comparator, which relies on a simple yet elegant technique: look at two pictures of a star field and compare them.
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If one twin burned 80 calories compared with 100 burned by a comparator group during a workout, then the other twin would likely suffer the same metabolic shortcoming.
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First Known Use of comparator
1883
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medical Definition of comparator
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:an apparatus used for determining concentration of dissolved substances (as hydrogen ions) in solution by color comparison with known standards
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:an instrument, device, or set of charts (as for use in chemical analysis and medical diagnosis) for the determination and specification of colors by direct comparison with a standardized system of colors
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