"discriminator" meaning in English

See discriminator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: discriminators [plural]
Etymology: From discriminate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|discriminate|or}} discriminate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} discriminator (plural discriminators)
  1. A person who discriminates, as:
    A person who differentiates things or concepts.
    Synonyms: differentiator
    Sense id: en-discriminator-en-noun-ZS-lwm5d Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 25 3 18 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 44 18 6 15 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 21 5 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 17 3 12 12 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 17 2 13 12 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 16 5 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 52 15 4 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 58 15 4 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 29 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 17 4 12 13
  2. A person who discriminates, as:
    A person who acts unfairly through prejudice.
    Sense id: en-discriminator-en-noun-P1NNgE76 Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
    Sense id: en-discriminator-en-noun-3jUwnz0B
  4. (physics) 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. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-discriminator-en-noun-5xZP1Puo Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (marketing) A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question. Categories (topical): Marketing Synonyms: differentiator
    Sense id: en-discriminator-en-noun-SK3fH~eV Topics: business, marketing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anti-discriminator, nondiscriminator Translations (person who discriminates): discriminateur [masculine] (French), discriminatrice [feminine] (French), discriminador [masculine] (Galician), discriminadora [feminine] (Galician), discriminatore [masculine] (Italian), discriminatrice [feminine] (Italian), discriminador [masculine] (Portuguese), discriminadora [feminine] (Portuguese), discriminador [masculine] (Spanish), discriminadora [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'person who discriminates': 46 44 1 5 4

Inflected forms

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