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Accumulator definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCU'MULATOR, n. One that accumulates, gathers, or amasses.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) [syn: collector, gatherer, accumulator]
2: a voltaic battery that stores electric charge [syn: storage battery, accumulator]
3: (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register [syn: accumulator, accumulator register]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1748 one that accumulates: as a. a device (as in a hydraulic system) in which a fluid is collected and especially in which it is kept under pressure as a means of storing energy b. British storage battery c. a part (as in a computer) where numbers are totaled or stored

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Brit. a rechargeable electric cell. 2 a bet placed on a sequence of events, the winnings and stake from each being placed on the next. 3 a register in a computer used to contain the results of an operation. 4 a person who accumulates things.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accumulator Ac*cu"mu*la`tor, n. [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.