Accumulator

Word ACCUMULATOR
Character 11
Hyphenation ac cu mu la tor
Pronunciations /ə.ˈkjum.jə.ˌleɪ.tɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Accumulator"

What do we mean by accumulator?

One that accumulates. noun

A register or electric circuit in a calculator or computer, in which the results of arithmetical and logical operations are formed. noun

An automobile storage battery. noun

One who or that which gathers, accumulates, or amasses. noun

One who takes university degrees by accumulation (which see). noun

Anything used for collecting and storing energy, etc. noun

In electricity: A condenser (which see). A storage battery (which see, under battery). noun

One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses. noun

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. noun

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

One who, or that which, accumulates. noun

A wet-cell storage battery. noun

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

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

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

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). noun

A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer. noun

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. noun

(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register noun

One who, or that which, accumulates.

A wet-cell storage battery.

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

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.

(hydraulics) 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).

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

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.

One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.

A one way membership function.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Accumulator

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The word "accumulator" in example sentences

Lastly, by treating the exhausted battery as an accumulator, that is to say, by passing a current through it in the opposite direction, we restore the various products to their original condition; the copper absorbs oxygen, and the alkali is restored, while the zinc is deposited; but the spongy state of the deposited zinc necessitates its being submitted to a process, or to its being received upon a mercury support. ❋ Various (N/A)

The device will be hooked up to an Iodine Crew Water Container on the station and water will be transferred into an accumulator, which is a plastic bag inside a hard container. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cavanagh put on a £5 accumulator, which is understood to have included three other matches.

The trades were made through an arrangement known as an "accumulator" that gave Citic Pacific limited upside but unlimited downside, and they turned bad when the Australian dollar unexpectedly fell against the U.S. dollar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The trades were made through a so-called "accumulator" that gave Citic Pacific limited upside but unlimited downside, and they turned sour when the Australian dollar unexpectedly fell against the U.S. dollar. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Called an "accumulator," it is essentially a contract that obliges investors to purchase a security, currency or commodity at a fixed price -- often set at a discount to prevailing market rates -- at regular intervals. ❋ Unknown (2008)

IT is more than a hundred years since the elementary principle of the storage battery or "accumulator" was detected by a Frenchman named ❋ Frank Lewis Dyer (1905)

At one lantern show at Paro Dzong in Bhutan, an "accumulator" blew up scorching White's face and badly singing his eyebrow, eyelashes and moustache. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The hydraulic system saves energy in an "accumulator" when the vehicle brakes, and that energy is instantly available for acceleration, according to Lightning Hybrids 'Web site. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the number of arguments is even, at some point we end up having collected all the arguments in the accumulator, which is then expanded into a standard conditional; if the number of arguments is even, at some point we end up having collected all the arguments except one, and a pairs "exception is raised. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first shows the idiomatic tail recursion with an accumulator which is the functional equivalent to the procedural for or while loop. do_sort ([]) - > do_sort (AddrList) - > lists: reverse (do_sort (AddrList, [])). do_sort ([], Acc) - > ❋ Unknown (2008)

Backing all three countries in an accumulator along with Turkey to beat Austria will pay out at around 7/4 with Stan James. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It would be an exaggeration, if not quite sacrilegious, to suggest that you could replace Sachin Tendulkar for Sir Donald and Laxman for Trumper in that analysis, but it does give a flavour of the difference between a punishingly rapacious run accumulator and a supreme stylist. ❋ Unknown (2011)

However, a three-way accumulator on each of Northampton, Leicester and reigning champion Toulouse to win their respective pools looks a sound bet at around 3/1 with Stan James. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And that's the difference between the collector and the accumulator. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The key component is the car's flywheel accumulator, a washer drum-sized device sitting in the cockpit that stores electrical energy mechanically, in a toroid-shaped mass spinning at up to 38,000 rpm. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

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