compensate
verb (used with object)
to recompense for something.
compensator
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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
If a momentary stoppage occurs in one of the conduits, the water changes level in the compensator, but the pressure remains constant at the orifice of the tubes.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
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
The great object is to allow the air ready access to all parts of the rod and compensator, so that they are all heated or cooled simultaneously.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
