comparator
Definitions
Aviation
Computing
- noun a logical device whose output is true if there is a difference between two inputs
Electronics
- A circuit, device, or instrument which compares quantities. Used, for example, to compare a variable with a standard measure or a desired value, or for comparing two quantities with each other.
- A circuit or device, such as a differential amplifier, whose output depends on the comparison of its inputs.
Health Economics
(written as Comparator)
One or more alternative options or technologies with which another is compared in cost-effectiveness analyses and related methods.
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