"discriminator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: discriminators [plural]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 26 1 18 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 46 18 5 15 17
  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 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 45 1 4 4

Inflected forms

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