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accumulator definition

ac·cu·mu·la·tor (ə kyo̵̅o̅m′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′ər, -yə-)

noun

  1. a person or thing that accumulates
    1. an apparatus that collects and stores energy
    2. Brit. storage battery
  3. a type of shock absorber
  4. a device or circuit unit performing one or more of the operations of storage, arithmetic, and logic, as in a computer, cash register, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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