Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accumulator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accumulator
n 1: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or
taxes) [syn: {collector}, {gatherer}]
2: a voltaic battery that stores electric charge [syn: {storage
battery}]
3: (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that
adds an input number to the contents of the accumulator
[syn: {accumulator register}]
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