Meanings
nounblink comparator (plural blink comparators)
plural blink comparators
- historicalastronomyA viewing instrument used to find differences between two photographs of the night sky, by switching rapidly back and forth between them.
Synonyms: blink microscope
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA viewing instrument used to find differences between two photographs of the night sky, by switching rapidly back and forth between them.
Similar
Also see
Cite this entry
APA
blink comparator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blink%20comparator
MLA
“blink comparator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blink%20comparator. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blink comparator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blink%20comparator.
Source: blink comparator on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.