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What is a compensator?

What is a compensator? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation
  2. Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance
  3. A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling.
  4. (nautical) One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass
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The compensator has a positive temperature coefficient of frequency, while the stack has a negative temperature coefficient of frequency.
But the United States was the greatest beneficiary, and thus should be the main compensator.
The hydraulic resistance relates to the completely closed pressure compensator.
For every Heisenberg compensator, there's a dozen polarity reversals and a sprinkling of field dampening plasma vents.
By collecting the over-flow of gas in the compensator, this disadvantage is obviated.
The size of the XL-80 laser and XC-80 compensator means that a complete linear system can fit into a 'wheelie-case' and weighs only 12 kg.

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