A muzzle brake, used to counter the recoil of a firearm, or to prevent the muzzle from climbing due to kickback from the rapid firing of an automatic or semi-automatic weapon
A device that offsets or counterbalances a destabilising factor: See
Buoyancy compensator (diving)
Buoyancy compensator (aviation)
Static VAR compensator
Heisenberg compensator, key part of a Transporter (Star Trek)
Lead-lag compensator
Motion compensator
Optical compensator, also known as a wave plate or a retarder
another term for the dual-predictable projection of a Point process
Compensator (Control Theory)
Topics referred to by the same term
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destabilising factor: See Buoyancy compensator (diving) Buoyancy compensator (aviation) Static VAR compensator Heisenberg compensator, key part of a Transporter...
A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral (ported barrel) to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a...
motion compensator is a device that decreases the undesirable effects of the relative motion between two connected objects. A motion compensator is a device...
In Electrical Engineering , a static VAR compensator (SVC) is a set of electrical devices for providing fast-acting reactive power on high-voltage electricity...
In economics, compensating variation (CV) is a measure of utility change introduced by John Hicks (1939). 'Compensating variation' refers to the amount...
undesirable attributes of a particular job. A compensating differential, which is also called a compensating wage differential or an equalizing difference...
Compensated emancipation was a method of ending slavery, under which the enslaved person's owner received compensation from the government in exchange...
condenser (sometimes called a syncon, synchronous capacitor or synchronous compensator) is a DC-excited synchronous motor, whose shaft is not connected to anything...
A static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) is a type of flexible AC transmission system which consists of a solid-state voltage source inverter coupled...
In Electrical Engineering , a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is a shunt-connected, reactive compensation device used on transmission networks...
instruments Compensation, a specific form of camouflaging in autistic people "Compensating", a song by Aminé from his 2020 album Limbo This disambiguation page...
reapply those forces as a smaller force over a longer period. Inertial compensators are also used in simulators or rides, making them more realistic by creating...
string compensators: Drill string compensator between the traveling block and hook . Top mounted heave compensator Drill string compensators are just...
compensator is a kind of motion compensator. Whereas most motion compensators will compensate for movement in all directions, the heave compensator will...
In microeconomics, a consumer's Hicksian demand function or compensated demand function for a good is their quantity demanded as part of the solution...
and an optical goniometer to measure refractive indices. The Babinet compensator, an accessory useful in polarized light microscopy, was built with twin...
An altitude compensating nozzle is a class of rocket engine nozzles that are designed to operate efficiently across a wide range of altitudes. The basic...
levitation). Flywheels may also be used as an electric compensator, like a synchronous compensator, that can either produce or sink reactive power but would...
system between consistent states. There are two groups of systems where compensating transaction may be applied: 1. In the context of a database this is often...
when thermal convection is strong in a balloon, as part of a buoyancy compensator Sailing ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the...
AMT Automag V with factory 5-round magazine Automag V with slide retracted, revealing barrel compensator ports. Close-up of compensator ports. v t e...
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