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compensation 1. the automatic movements made by the body to maintain balance 2. Biology abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another compensation [‚käm·pən′sā·shən] (control systems) Introduction of additional equipment into a control system in order to reshape its root locus so as to improve system performance. Also known as stabilization. (electronics) The modification of the amplitude-frequency response of an amplifier to broaden the bandwidth or to make the response more nearly uniform over the existing bandwidth. Also known as frequency compensation. (psychology) Counterbalancing a weakness or failure in one area by stressing or substituting a strength or success in another area. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I am told the government here will make me a compensation for my own and my family's loss, which I think cannot be much less than £3,000 sterling. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. That river was to be my compensation for the lost freedom of the farming country. |
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