Associations to the word «Acceptor»

Wiktionary

ACCEPTOR, noun. One who accepts.
ACCEPTOR, noun. (legal) (commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
ACCEPTOR, noun. (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
ACCEPTOR, noun. (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
ACCEPTOR, noun. (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor.

Dictionary definition

ACCEPTOR, noun. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.
ACCEPTOR, noun. The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley