discriminator

Noun

 * 1) A person who discriminates, as:
 * 2) A person who differentiates things or concepts.
 * 3) A person who acts unfairly through prejudice.
 * 4) A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
 * Colour is not an effective discriminator when it comes to the spiciness of food.
 * 1)  Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
 * 2)  A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
 * 1) A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
 * Colour is not an effective discriminator when it comes to the spiciness of food.
 * 1)  Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
 * 2)  A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.

Derived terms

 * anti-discriminator

Translations

 * French: ,
 * Galician: discriminador, discriminadora
 * Italian: discriminatore, discriminatrice
 * Portuguese: discriminador, discriminadora
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  one who distinguishes or discriminates

Etymology
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