analyzer

noun

1. a person, machine, or device that analyzes.
2. Optics. a polarizing device, often a Nicol prism, that indicates the direction of vibration of light by selecting and transmitting only the component of linearly polarized light in that direction.

n.

1. An analyst.
2. The prism in a polariscope that analyses polarized light.
3. The neural basis of a conditioned reflex, including the sensory side of the reflex arc and its central connections.
4. An apparatus attached to electroencephalographic instruments to measure electrical frequency.
5. Any of various instruments used for performing an analysis.