integrator

[ in-ti-grey-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that integrates.
2. Also called integraph. an instrument for performing numerical integrations.

integrator

/ ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that integrates, esp a mechanical instrument that determines the value of a definite integral, as the area under a curve See also planimeter
2. computing
   1. an arithmetic component with two input variables, x and y, whose output variable z is proportional to the integral of y with respect to x
   2. an arithmetic component whose output variable is proportional to the integral of the input variable with respect to elapsed time

Word History and Origins

Origin of integrator¹

First recorded in 1875–80; integrate + -or ²

Example Sentences

I would also add it being the integrator between digital experience and the physical world.

From Digiday

Some companies are forced to put together as many as 50 different security solutions from up to 10 different vendors to protect their sprawling technology estates — acting as a systems integrator of sorts.

From TechCrunch

An unresponsive subject should be righted immediately, and the integrator should deliver a sub-xyphoid thrust to expel the water.

From The Daily Beast

Obviously this electric time impulsor is a machine in the nature of an atomic integrator.

From Project Gutenberg

His eyes returned to the screen, to the bobbing figure that the psycho-integrator traced on the fluorescent background.

From Project Gutenberg

The guiding principle in the cart integrator is a little three-wheeled cart, whose front wheel is controlled by the machine.

From Project Gutenberg

The box contained a set of counterweights for the hydrogen integrator motors.

From Project Gutenberg

A Morin disk and roller integrator is connected with the apparatus, so that the work done during a journey may be read off.

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