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Meaning
Noun
●
One who, or that which, accumulates.
●
In British English:
A wet-cell
storage
battery.
●
In Betting:
A
collective
bet
on
successive
events
, with both
stake
and
winnings
being
carried forward
to
accumulate
progressively.
●
In Mechanics:
A system of
elastic
springs
for
relieving
the
strain
upon a
rope
,
as in
deep-sea
dredging.
●
In Manufacturing:
A
vessel
containing
pressurized
hot water
ready
for
release
as steam.
●
In Engineering:
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).
●
In Programming:
A
register
or
variable
used for
holding
the
intermediate
results of a
computation
or
data
transfer.
●
In 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.
●
In British English & Education:
One who
takes
two higher
degrees
simultaneously
, to reduce their
length
of study.
●
In Cryptography:
A one way
membership
function.
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