acceptor

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete, rare) acceptour

Etymology

accept +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əkˈsɛptə(r)/
• (US) IPA: æk.ˈsɛp.tɚ/

Noun

acceptor (plural acceptors)

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

Translations

one who accepts

• Catalan: acceptant (ca) m and f
• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)
• French: accepteur (fr) m
• Indonesian: penerima, akseptor
• Latin: acceptator (la)

• Norwegian: comm akseptant (no) c
• Russian: акцептант (ru) (akceptant) m
• Serbo-Croatian: akceptor (sh) m
• Spanish: aceptador (es) m

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Latin

Verb

acceptor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of acceptō