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Noun: accumulator  u'kyoo-myu`ley-tu(r)
  1. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
    - collector, gatherer
     
  2. A voltaic battery that stores electric charge
    - storage battery
     
  3. (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
    - accumulator register

Derived forms: accumulators

Type of: galvanic battery, register, voltaic battery, worker

Encyclopedia: Accumulator