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accumulator.

One who, or that which, accumulates.

11 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɚ/US
  1. One who, or that which, accumulates.

    He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
  2. A wet-cell storage battery.

    UK
    Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
  3. A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.

  4. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

  5. A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.

  6. 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).

  7. A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.

  8. 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.

  9. One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.

    UK · historical
  10. A one way membership function.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accumulātorbor. English accumulator From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”), accumulate + -or.

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