Meaning of Getter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from German.
2. One who, or that which, gets.
3. A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
4. A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
5. A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Many times things would open in him to admiration, showing to rich men and the eager getters of this world, the danger they were in of hurting themselves, by hindering their growth in the truth.”

“Laird won a four-year city council term and was the top vote-getter in the 1981 election, which for the first time seated a progressive city council and a socialist mayor.”

“In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters.”

“A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.”

“Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity.”

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