discriminator

American  

[dih-skrim-uh-ney-ter] / dɪˈskrɪm əˌneɪ tər /

noun

1. a person or thing that discriminates.

2. Electronics. a circuit in which the output is a function of some variation of an input signal from a fixed characteristic.

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discriminator British  

/ dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪtə /

noun

1. an electronic circuit that converts a frequency or phase modulation into an amplitude modulation for subsequent demodulation

2. an electronic circuit that has an output voltage only when the amplitude of the input pulses exceeds a predetermined value

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Etymology

Origin of discriminator

From Late Latin, dating back to 1820–30; see origin at discriminate, -tor

Example Sentences

The second "discriminator" network is then trained to distinguish between the real satellite imagery and the one synthesized by the first network.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

Ultimately, the discriminator was unable to distinguish a real face from a fake one.

From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2022

And when it makes them, it puts them into the stream of data going through the discriminator.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2019

Images are bounced back and forth between the two modules until the discriminator can no longer tell the difference between the fake data and the original training material.

From The Verge • Mar. 5, 2019

He has all the dramatic talent which Scott has, and all the passion which Scott has not, and he appears to me to be besides a far profounder discriminator of character.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir