Meaning

10 senses
  1. One who, or that which, accumulates.

    He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.

    Akkumulator

    аккумуля́торakkumuljátor, накопи́тельnakopítelʹ

    накопи́чувачnakopýčuvač, нагрома́джувачnahromádžuvač

  2. (UK)A wet-cell storage battery.

    Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.

    Akkumulator

    аккумуля́торakkumuljátor

  3. A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.

  4. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

    колле́кторkolléktor

  5. A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.

  6. 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).

  7. A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.

    Akkumulator

  8. 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.

  9. (UK, historical)One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.

  10. A one way membership function.

More definitions
  • (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
  • a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
  • a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Using electric cars is environmentally friendly, but accumulator production is especially harmful to the environment.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who or that which accumulates:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who or that which accumulates:
mechanics: system of elastic springs for relieving strain upon a rope:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who or that which accumulates:

Origin

From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”), accumulate + -or.

From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”), accumulate + -or.

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Forms

plural: accumulators
Singularaccumulator
Pluralaccumulators

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register:accumulator register
  • a voltaic battery that stores electric charge:storage battery
  • a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes):collectorgatherer

Word family

7 related words

See also

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