accumulator
accumulator Lexical Profile
accumulator Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person or thing that gathers, collects, or amasses something over time.
"Throughout her career, she was a shrewd accumulator of rare historical manuscripts."
A processor register in a computer's central processing unit in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored.
"The assembly instruction adds the value in memory directly to the accumulator."
British A rechargeable electric cell or battery, or a mechanical apparatus used for storing energy or fluid under pressure.
"The hydraulic system relies on a high-pressure accumulator to maintain steady fluid flow during peak demand."
British A single wager placed on a series of two or more events in which the winnings and stake from each successful event are automatically placed on the next.
"He won a small fortune after all four football matches in his weekend accumulator ended in victory."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin accumulator ('one who heaps up or amasses'), an agent noun derived from accumulare, from ad- ('to, toward') and cumulus ('a heap or pile').