Accumulator

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, accumulates.
2. A wet-cell storage battery.
   British
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.
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.
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. One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
   UK, historical
10. A one way membership function.

Equivalents

26 more languages

العربيةذاكرة الأرقام

Българскиакумулатор

Bosanskiakumulatorakumulatorskiакумулаторакумулаторски+ 1 more

Češtinaakumulátor

Ελληνικάαποθησαυριστήςαποταμιευτήςσυσσωρευτής

Esperantoakumulatoroakumulejo

Suomiakkuakkumulaattorihöyryakkukerääjäpainesäiliösähköakkumulaattorivaraajavarasto+ 5 more

Gaeilgebailitheoir

Hrvatskiakumulatorakumulatorskiакумулаторакумулаторски+ 1 more

Magyarakkumulátor

Bahasa Indonesiaakiakumulator

Italianoaccumulatoreaccumulatrice

日本語アキュムレータ蓄電池

한국어축적자

Kurdîakî

Bahasa Melayuakumulatorpenumpuk

Nederlandsaccuaccumulatorverzamelaar

Polskiakumulatorakumulatorowy

Portuguêsacumulador

Românăacumulator

Русскийаккумуляторколлекторнакопи́тель

Српскиakumulatorakumulatorskiакумулаторакумулаторски+ 1 more

Svenskaackumulatorbatteri

Türkçeaküakümülatör

Українськанагрома́джувачнакопи́чувач

Tiếng Việtắc-quybình điện

Examples

“He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The function signature has changed to include⟳ the additional parameter accumulator. This parameter, in a way, takes on the job of the return⟳ value.”

“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.”

“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.”

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