acceptor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/ (General-American)
- /əkˈsɛp.tɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.
Meanings
- One who accepts.
- One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
- An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
- A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
- A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
- A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
- A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| acceptour | alternative, obsolete, rare | lexicographic | |
| acceptors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
phosphoacceptor · acceptorless · acceptress · photoacceptor · alloacceptor · isoacceptor
Translations (27)
ca acceptant (one who accepts) · fr accepteur (one who accepts) · pt aceitador (one who accepts) · hi ग्रहीता (one who accepts) · es aceptadora (one who accepts) · id akseptor (one who accepts) · fr acceptrice (in law) · ar قَابِل (one who accepts) · hi आदाता (one who accepts) · sh а̀кцептор (one who accepts) · fi vastaanottaja (one who accepts) · cs akceptor (in physics) · pl akceptant (in law) · la acceptātor (one who accepts) · io aceptanto (one who accepts) · la acceptātrīx (one who accepts) · ru акцепта́нт (one who accepts) · fr accepteur (in law) · pt aceitadora (one who accepts) · es aceptador (one who accepts) · sh àkceptor (one who accepts) · id penerima (one who accepts) · pl akceptor (in chemistry) · fr acceptrice (one who accepts) · no comm akseptant (one who accepts) · pl akceptor (in physics) · cs akceptor (in chemistry)