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Webster 1913 Edition
Accumulator
Ac-cu′mu-laˊtor
,Noun.
[L.]
1.
One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
2.
(Mech.)
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.
3.
A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
Webster 1828 Edition
Accumulator
ACCU'MULATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
accumulator
accumulator
English
Hydraulic accumulator.
Noun
accumulator (plural accumulators)
- One who, or that which, accumulates.
- He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
- (Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
- Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
- (gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
- (mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- (manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- (engineering, 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).
- (computer science) A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
- (finance) 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.
Synonyms
- (one who or that which accumulates): collector
- (betting): parlay
- (finance): share forward accumulator
- (hydraulics): shock absorber
Related terms
Translations
one who or that which accumulates
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wet-cell storage battery
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betting: collective bet on successive events
mechanics: system of elastic springs for relieving strain upon a rope
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manufacturing: vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam
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hydraulics: container which stores hydraulic power for release
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computer science: register for holding intermediate results
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finance: type of derivative contract
Latin
Verb
accumulātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of accumulō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of accumulō
References
- accumulator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accumulator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accumulator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.