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discriminator

noun

Etymology

From discriminate + -or.

  1. borrowed from discrīminātus
  2. formed as discriminator — “discriminate + -or”

Definitions

  1. A person who discriminates, as

    A person who discriminates, as:

    • keen discriminator
    • Generally, we may say, that Mr. Smith is a very accomplished etymological scholar, a very keen discriminator, and that his illustrative examples are selected with great industry, and from a wide field of English literature […]

  2. A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.

    • Colour is not an effective discriminator when it comes to the spiciness of food.

  3. Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an…

    Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is…

      A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.

      • An especially strong warranty can be a discriminator in some marketplaces.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA