compensator
- a word derived from compensate.
Example Sentences
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So you and your buddy run through the steps: Does your buoyancy compensator work?
From Forbes • Oct. 22, 2014
Scuba equipment has not changed much since the buoyancy compensator was developed a few years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hydrogen and oxygen, escaping through the upper orifices, flow to the compensator.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
In the recording pyrometers, an automatic compensator is employed.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
When it is desired to obtain pure gases, there is introduced into the compensator a solution of tartaric acid, which retains the traces of alkalies carried along by the current of gas.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
