Accumulator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that accumulates: an accumulator of old magazines.
  • n. A register or electric circuit in a calculator or computer, in which the results of arithmetical and logical operations are formed.
  • n. Chiefly British An automobile storage battery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • n. A wet-cell storage battery.
  • n. A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
  • n. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
  • n. A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
  • n. A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
  • n. A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
  • n. A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
  • n. An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.
  • n. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which gathers, accumulates, or amasses.
  • n. One who takes university degrees by accumulation (which see).
  • n. Anything used for collecting and storing energy, etc.
  • n. In electricity: A condenser (which see). A storage battery (which see, under battery).
  • n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
  • n. a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
  • n. a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
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