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Noun (3 meanings)

1. a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes).

collector, gatherer, accumulator

accumulator is a type of:

worker (noun) - a person who works at a specific occupation

types of accumulator:

conductor (noun) - the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
gleaner (noun) - someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
rent collector (noun) - a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner

instances of accumulator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner (noun) - United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)

accumulator is derivationally related to:

to collect, take in (verb) - call for and obtain payment of

Domain of synset - TOPIC:

tax, taxation, revenue enhancement (noun) - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

2. a voltaic battery that stores electric charge.

storage battery, accumulator

accumulator is a type of:

voltaic battery, galvanic battery (noun) - battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel

types of accumulator:

lead-acid battery, lead-acid accumulator (noun) - a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte
nicad, nickel-cadmium accumulator (noun) - a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode
nickel-iron battery, nickel-iron accumulator (noun) - a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide

parts of accumulator:

anode (noun) - the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
cathode (noun) - the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
grid, storage-battery grid (noun) - a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
storage cell, secondary cell (noun) - a cell that can be recharged

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

accumulator, accumulator register

accumulator is a type of:

register (noun) - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

Domain of synset - TOPIC:

computer science, computing (noun) - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures