"correlator" meaning in All languages combined

See correlator on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: correlators [plural]
Etymology: From correlate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|correlate|or}} correlate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} correlator (plural correlators)
  1. That which correlates or causes correlation
    Sense id: en-correlator-en-noun-3L43srWs
  2. (statistics, quantum mechanics) A correlation function Categories (topical): Quantum mechanics, Statistics
    Sense id: en-correlator-en-noun-e0fclgBh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 72 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 13 68 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 76 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 82 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  3. (optics, signal processing) A type of device used to compare two signals Categories (topical): Optics, Signal processing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocorrelator, cross-correlator, leak correlator

Inflected forms

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