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The Redstone Comparator, originally announced as the capacitor, is a block for use with redstone circuitry.
It has two inputs: one from the back ('signal A') and one from the side ('signal B'). If signal B is stronger than signal A, there will be no output. Otherwise, it can be set to either repeat signal A at its current strength, or output the difference between both inputs in subtraction mode.
Minecraft 1.5
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