differentiator

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dif′ə ren′shē ā′tər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dif•fer•en•ti•a•tor  (dif′ə ren′shē ā′tər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that differentiates.
  2. Computingan electronic device whose output signal is proportional to the derivative of its input signal.
  3. Electricity, Electronicsa transducer or circuit (differen′tiator cir′cuit) whose output is proportional to the rate of change of the input signal.
  • differentiate + -or2 1885–90


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