Pronunciation: /dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtə/
noun
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1a characteristic which enables people or things to be distinguished from one another: age should not be used as a primary discriminator in recruitment
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2 Electronics a circuit or device which only produces an output when the input exceeds a fixed value.
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a circuit which converts a frequency-modulated signal into an amplitude-modulated one.