accumulator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɚ/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accumulātorbor. English accumulator From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”), accumulate + -or.
Meanings
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(qualifier:literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
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(UK) A wet-cell storage battery.
Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
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A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
The largest payout for a bet on a horse race was $1,627,084 after tax, paid to Britons Anthony Speelman and Nicholas Cowan on their $64 nine-horse accumulator at Santa Anita Racecourse, California, in 1987.
2000, Guinness World Records, Guinness Book of Records 2000, Demco Media, →ISBN:
- A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- 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).
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A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
The function signature has changed to include the additional parameter accumulator. This parameter, in a way, takes on the job of the return value.
2011, Oliver Sturm, Functional Programming in C#, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 122:The contents of the memory location and accumulator are NOT altered, but the Negative, Zero and Carry flags are conditioned according to the result of the subtraction.
1986, Jules H. Gilder, Apple IIc and IIe Assembly Language, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 139:
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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.
This product was fairly popular among investors in Hong Kong in 2007 considering the market conditions at that time. It is an accumulator of the underlying stock with a contract period of 12 months.
2014, Jerome Yen, Kin Keung Lai, Emerging Financial Derivatives, Routledge, →ISBN:
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(UK, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.
- A one way membership function.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| accumulators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bioaccumulator · orgone accumulator · hyperaccumulator · steam accumulator
Relateds
accumulate · accumulation · accumulative
Synonyms
shock absorber · share forward accumulator · collector · parlay
Translations (66)
eo akumulatoro (wet-cell storage battery) · ga bailitheoir (one who or that which accumulates) · uk накопи́чувач (one who or that which accumulates) · cmn 蓄電池 /蓄电池 (wet-cell storage battery) · cmn 電瓶 /电瓶 (wet-cell storage battery) · it accumulatore (one who or that which accumulates) · cs akumulátor (wet-cell storage battery) · cs akumulátor (one who or that which accumulates) · ms akumulator (wet-cell storage battery) · tr akümülatör (wet-cell storage battery) · io akumulilo (mechanics: system of elastic springs for relieving strain upon a rope) · de Akkumulator (wet-cell storage battery) · vi bình điện (wet-cell storage battery) · fi painesäiliö (hydraulics: container which stores hydraulic power for release) · pt acumulador (wet-cell storage battery) · ko 축적자 (one who or that which accumulates) · pl akumulator (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · ru колле́ктор (mechanics: system of elastic springs for relieving strain upon a rope) · ru аккумуля́тор (wet-cell storage battery) · tr akü (wet-cell storage battery) · ms penumpuk (wet-cell storage battery) · nl accu (wet-cell storage battery) · hu akkumulátor (wet-cell storage battery) · io akumulatoro (hydraulics: container which stores hydraulic power for release) · el αποταμιευτής (one who or that which accumulates) · fi kerääjä (one who or that which accumulates) · nl accumulator (hydraulics: container which stores hydraulic power for release) · bg акумула́тор (one who or that which accumulates) · fr accumulatrice (one who or that which accumulates) · az akkumulyator (wet-cell storage battery) · it accumulatrice (one who or that which accumulates) · pt acumulador (one who or that which accumulates) · fr accumulateur (one who or that which accumulates) · el συσσωρευτής (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · fi varasto (one who or that which accumulates) · de Akkumulator (one who or that which accumulates) · fa انباشتگر (wet-cell storage battery) · uk нагрома́джувач (one who or that which accumulates) · ms penumpuk (one who or that which accumulates) · fi akkumulaattori (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · nl verzamelaar (one who or that which accumulates) · id akumulator (wet-cell storage battery) · fi varaaja (one who or that which accumulates) · eo akumulejo (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · ja アキュムレータ (wet-cell storage battery) · fi akku (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · pl akumulator (wet-cell storage battery) · ia accumulator (one who or that which accumulates) · fi akku (wet-cell storage battery) · af akkumlator (wet-cell storage battery) · ru аккумуля́тор (one who or that which accumulates) · ru накопи́тель (one who or that which accumulates) · es acumulador (one who or that which accumulates) · fa انباشتگر (one who or that which accumulates) · de Akkumulator (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · ko 축적자 (wet-cell storage battery) · el αποθησαυριστής (one who or that which accumulates) · id akumulator (one who or that which accumulates) · fi höyryakku (manufacturing: vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam) · ro acumulator (one who or that which accumulates) · nl accumulator (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · pt acumulador (computer science: register for holding intermediate results) · el ηλεκτρικός συσσωρευτής (wet-cell storage battery) · sv ackumulator (one who or that which accumulates) · ja 蓄電池 (wet-cell storage battery) · fr accumulateur (wet-cell storage battery)