INTEGRATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does integrator mean? 

• INTEGRATOR (noun)
  The noun INTEGRATOR has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure

  Familiarity information: INTEGRATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEGRATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

integrator; planimeter

Hypernyms ("integrator" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Derivation:

integrate (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)

 Context examples 

Integrator complex subunit 6 (887 aa, ~100 kDa) is encoded by the human INTS6 gene.

(Integrator Complex Subunit 6, NCI Thesaurus)

As targets of the Ras-MAPK signaling pathway, Ets proteins function as critical nuclear integrators of ubiquitous signaling cascades.

(ETS Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes integrator complex subunit 6 protein, may play a role in the regulation of both small nuclear RNA transcription and RNA polymerase II activity.

(INTS6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase-Interactor 1: GIT1 is a multidomain protein that is thought to function as an integrator of signaling pathways controlling vesicle trafficking, adhesion and cytoskeletal organization. (from J Cell Sci 2002 Apr 1;115(Pt 7):1497-510)

(G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase-Interactor 1, NCI Thesaurus)