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Compensator
Compensator can refer to:
- Pressure control on a piston pump
- A muzzle brake, used to counter the recoil of a firearm, or to prevent the muzzle from climbing due to kickback from the rapid firing of an automatic or semi-automatic weapon
- A device that offsets or counterbalances a destabilising factor: See
- Buoyancy compensator (diving)
- Buoyancy compensator (aviation)
- Static VAr compensator
- Heisenberg compensator
- Lead-lag compensator
- Motion compensator
- Optical compensator also known as a Retarder; examples include a Half-wave plate and a Quarter-wave plate
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