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Accumulator

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Noun

1. accumulator, collector, gatherer

a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

2. accumulator, storage battery

a voltaic battery that stores electric charge

3. accumulator, accumulator register

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Accumulator

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noun
1. Also called: battery, storage battery
a rechargeable device for storing electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, consisting of one or more separate secondary cells
2. horse racing, British
a collective bet, esp on four or more races, in which the stake and winnings on each successive race are carried forward to become the stake on the next, so that both stakes and winnings accumulate progressively so long as the bet continues to be a winning one
3. 
a. 
a register in a computer or calculator used for holding the results of a computation or data transfer
b. 
a location in a computer store in which arithmetical results are produced

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Accumulator

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that accumulates
2. 
a. 
an apparatus that collects and stores energy
b.  British
storage battery
3. 
a type of shock absorber
4. 
a device or circuit unit performing one or more of the operations of storage, arithmetic, and logic, as in a computer, cash register, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Accumulator

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n.
1. One that accumulates: an accumulator of old magazines.
2. A register or electric circuit in a calculator or computer, in which the results of arithmetical and logical operations are formed.
3. Chiefly British An automobile storage battery.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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