German

Noun

Getter m ‎(genitive Getters, plural Getter)

1. (physics) getter

Declension

English

Noun

getter ‎(plural getters)

1. One who gets.
   • 1838, William Evans, ‎Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library

     rich men and the eager getters of this world

2. (object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
   • 2002, James Steven Perry, chapter 2, in Java Management Extensions, ISBN 0596002459, page 47:

     A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.

3. (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
   • 1979, G. L. Weissler and Robert Warner Carlson, chapter 5, in Vacuum Physics and Technology, ISBN 0124759149, pages 194-195:

     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.

Derived terms

• go-getter
• vote getter
• gettering

Synonyms

• (computing): accessor

See also

• setter

Translations

Verb

getter ‎(third-person singular simple present getters, present participle gettering, simple past and past participle gettered)

1. (sciences) To remove gas by sorption.
   • 2003, John F. O'Hanlon, chapter 14, in A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology, ISBN 0471270520, page 247:

     Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.

Synonyms

• get

French

Noun

getter m ‎(plural getters)

1. (object-oriented programming) getter

Middle French

Etymology

Specifically from Old French geter, the northern variant of jeter ‎(“to throw”)

Verb

getter

1. Alternative form of iecter

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Swedish

Noun

getter

1. indefinite plural of get