accumulator

English

Etymology

accumulate +‎ -or. From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

accumulator (plural accumulators)

1. One who, or that which, accumulates.

   He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.

2. (UK) A wet-cell storage battery.

   Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.

3. (gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
4. (mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
5. (manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
6. (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).
7. (computer science) A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
8. (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.

Synonyms

• (one who or that which accumulates): collector
• (serial bet): parlay
• (derivative contract): share forward accumulator

Related terms

• accumulate
• accumulation
• accumulative

Translations

one who or that which accumulates

Bulgarian: акумулатор (bg) Dutch: verzamelaar (nl) m. Finnish: varaaja (fi) French: accumulateur (fr) m. German: Akkumulator (de) m. Greek: συσσωρευτής (el) (sisoreftís) m. Indonesian: akumulator (id) Interlingua: accumulator

Italian: accumulatore (it) m. Korean: 축적자 (ko) (chukjeokja) Portuguese: acumulador m. Romanian: acumulator (ro) Russian: аккумулятор (ru) (akkumuljátor) m. Spanish: acumulador (es) m. Swedish: ackumulator (sv)

wet-cell storage battery

Czech: akumulátor (cs) m. Dutch: accu (nl) m. Finnish: akku (fi)

German: Akkumulator (de) m. Hungarian: akkumulátor (hu) Polish: akumulator (pl) m.

betting: collective bet on successive events

mechanics: system of elastic springs for relieving strain upon a rope

manufacturing: vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam

Finnish: höyryakku (fi)

hydraulics: container which stores hydraulic power for release

Dutch: accumulator (nl) m.

Finnish: painesäiliö (fi)

computer science: register for holding intermediate results

Dutch: accumulator (nl) m.

Finnish: välimuisti (fi)

finance: type of derivative contract

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Basque: metagailu Bulgarian: акумулатор (akumulator) m. Danish: akkumulator (da) Hebrew: מצבר (matzber) m. (2)

Norwegian: akkumulator (no) Persian: انباره (anbareh) Swedish: ackumulator (sv) Turkish: akü, akümülatör

External links

• accumulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Verb

accumulātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of accumulō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of accumulō