Federator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that is instrumental in the creation of a federation.

    "Its power as an element of character, as an inspiration in art, as a federator of nations and factor of history, is freely admitted; and no place that it can fairly claim in the genesis of society and the regulation of life is denied to it."

  2. 2
    A component that integrates access to various services.

    "Our extended standard GIS web Service components are integrated into the system through a federator, which is actually a WMS that is extended with capability-aggregating and stateful service capabilities to enable high performance support for responsive GIS applications."

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"Its power as an element of character, as an inspiration in art, as a federator of nations and factor of history, is freely admitted; and no place that it can fairly claim in the genesis of society and the regulation of life is denied to it."

Etymology

From federate + -or.

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