Associations to the word «Accumulator»

ACCUMULATOR, noun. One who, or that which, accumulates.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (British) A wet-cell storage battery.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (betting) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (engineering) (hydraulics) 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).

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (computer science) A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (finance) 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.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes).

ACCUMULATOR, noun. A voltaic battery that stores electric charge.

ACCUMULATOR, noun. (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register.