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comparator
English
Noun
comparator (plural comparators)
- Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
- An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
- (law) anything that serves comparison
Synonyms
Translations
References
- comparator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.pa?ra?.tor/, [k?mpä??ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.pa?ra.tor/, [k?mp?????t??r]
Etymology 1
Verb forms.
Verb
compar?tor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of compar?
- third-person singular future passive imperative of compar?
Etymology 2
compar? +? -tor
Noun
compar?tor m (genitive compar?t?ris); third declension
- a comparer
- (Late Latin) a purchaser, buyer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- Catalan: comprador
- Italian: compratore
- Occitan: crompador
- Portuguese: comprador
- Spanish: comprador
References
- comparator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comparator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
From French comparateur.
Noun
comparator n (plural comparatoare)
- comparator
Declension
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comparative
English
Etymology
From Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparativus, equivalent to comparatus, from comparare (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -ivus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?m?pæ?.?.t?v/
- (General American) enPR: k?m?p?r-?-t?v
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /k?m?pæ?.?.t?v/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /k?m?p??.?.t?v/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Hyphenation: com?par?a?tive
Adjective
comparative (comparative more comparative, superlative most comparative)
- Of or relating to comparison.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 1773, James Burnett, Of the Origin and Progress of Language
- that kind of animals that have the comparative faculty, by which they compare things together, deliberate and resolve
- Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
- Approximated by comparison; relative.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
- This bubble, […] by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.137:
- And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.137:
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
comparative (plural comparatives)
- (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
- (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
- (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
- (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
- Gerrard ever was / His full comparative.
- (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Pt. 1, III.ii.67:
- Every beardless vain comparative.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Pt. 1, III.ii.67:
Synonyms
- (grammar: degree): comparative degree
Translations
Related terms
- absolute, absolute superlative, relative superlative, comparative superlative
- degrees of comparison
- superlative
See also
- contrastive
References
- “comparative”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “comparative” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "comparative" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- vampire taco
French
Adjective
comparative
- feminine singular of comparatif
Italian
Adjective
comparative
- feminine plural of comparativo
Anagrams
- comparivate
- crepitavamo
Latin
Adjective
compar?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of compar?t?vus
References
- comparative in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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