compensator

[Mod. Lat.] I. Gen.: That which acts in a compensatory way; that which acts as an equivalent for something else. II. Specially : 1. Iron Bridges, .: Appliances used in iron bridges and similar structures with the view of giving the metal room to expand with heat. 2. Naut .: An iron plate placed near the compa on board iron ve els to neutralize the effect of the local attraction upon the needle. 3. Gas - making : A device to equalize the action of the exhauster which withdraws the gas from the retorts. com-pěn-sa-tõr-ỹ, a . [Eng. & Lat. compen sat or, and Eng. suff.-y; Fr. com pens a to ire .] 1. Making good a lo or paying a debt. 2. Counterbalancing, countervailing, furnishing an equivalent for. the compensatory lengthening of the preceding word."- Beames : Compar. Gram. Aryan Lang. of India (1872), vol. i., ch. iv., p. 282. *com-pěn'se, v . t . [Fr. compenser : Sp. & Port, compensar ; Ital. com pens are , from Lat. compenso .] To compensate, to recompense, to counterbalance. [Now it has given place to COMPENSATE (q. v.).] "It seemeth, the weight of the quicksilver doth not compense the weight of a stone, more than the weight of the aqua-fortis."- Bacon : Nat . Hist. com-per, s . [Etym. doubtful.] The name given in Orkney to the Father-lasher ( Cottus bubalis of Euphrasen), a well-known fish. căm-per-en-din-āte, v. t. [Lat. comper end i no to cite a defendant to a new trial to be held on the third day afterward; per end in as = after tomorrow.] To delay, to hold back. com-per-en-din-ā-tion, s . [Lat. comper end in atio the putting a trial off until the third day.] Delay, dilatorine . ( Bailey .)