English noun: accumulator |
1. | accumulator (person) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
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| Synonyms | collector, gatherer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | worker |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | conductor, gleaner, rent collector |
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| Instance hyponym | Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner |
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| Domain category | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation |
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2. | accumulator (artifact) a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
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| Synonyms | storage battery |
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| Broader (hypernym) | galvanic battery, voltaic battery |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | lead-acid accumulator, lead-acid battery, nicad, nickel-cadmium accumulator, nickel-iron accumulator, nickel-iron battery |
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| Part holonym | anode, cathode, grid, secondary cell, storage cell, storage-battery grid |
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3. | accumulator (artifact) (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register |
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| Synonyms | accumulator register |
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| Broader (hypernym) | register |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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