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integrator

integrator

1 9.9
A tool that measures the area of irregular shapes by following their outline
  • noun
  • /ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtər/
  • Archaic
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  • We sometimes call such a system "marginally stable," in that one of its modes is a naked integrator with a pole at the origin of the complex plane.

It was an Army funded electronic numerical integrator.

Examples

  • Integrators avoid that problem by using an operational amplifier to sum the incident signal for an exposure period prior to digitization.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The received echoes in the form of voltages are then fed into an echo integrator, which squares and sums the voltage samples.

    Academic text (1994)
  • So what's the output of the integrator become one?

  • OK, so I took my my double integrator dynamics, I discretized my space.

  • A common misconception is that integrators are noisy.

    Academic text (2012)
  • This term cannot be evaluated in Joel's model because the integrator state means the DC gain tends to infinity.

    Blog text (9)
  • Photon counters and integrators.

    Academic text (2012)
  • On the other hand, integrators cannot reject Compton-scattered and fluorescent x-rays in monochromatic experiments because they sum the signal from all stopped x-rays in a given pixel during an exposure.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The output of the echo integrator is proportional to the density of the fish insonified (Dragesund and Olsen, 1965; Forbes and Nakken, 1972; Burczynski, 1982).

    Academic text (1994)
  • The engineer used an integrator to calculate the area under the curve of the complex data set.

Synonyms

measurer
vsintegrator
1 2.9

A person or tool that finds size, amount and degree

is specific to calculating area of irregular plane figures
planimeter
vsintegrator
  • Specialized
9.9

A tool that measures the area of an irregular flat shape by tracing its edge

calculates area by integrating the outline rather than tracing it

How Specialized

planimeter
  • Specialized
9.9
integrator
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Surface Forms

integrator singular
integrators plural

Morphology

integrator = integrate (semi-transparent) = integrate + or

While 'integrate' is clear, the specific meaning of a measuring instrument is specialized.

Etymology

Integrator comes from the Latin word integer meaning 'whole' and from integrate meaning 'to make whole'. A measuring integrator finds an area by adding many small parts like slices to make the whole area, which is why the name fits.