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correlator

n. 1 That which correlates or causes correlation 2 (context statistics quantum physics English) A correlation function 3 (context optics signal processing English) A type of device used to compare two signals

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Correlator

Correlator may refer to:

  • Correlation function (quantum field theory)
  • An optical correlator
  • A radio correlator
  • A leak noise correlator
  • A correlation function (probability)

Usage examples of "correlator".

After a moment he asked, "Have you got a correlator you could use on this rig?

Then there was an elaborate system of fall backs a spectral correlator was used at all times to detect surveillance using a spectrum analyzer, and an acoustic correlator used passive sound-pattern matching to automatically detect and classify any listening device.

It could be launched over two hundred and fifty nautical miles away from the target, and used a combination of digital sea mapping area correlator radar along with optical viewing of the target area for terminal flight.

But news correlators soon added the address targeted by a clandestine murder rocket.

Freeware correlators swooped in from the surrounding webscape begging for permission to fetch data for me about this tragic event.