Accumulator
[ə'kjuːmjʊleɪtə] or [ə'kjumjəletɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register.
Typist: Marvin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
(n.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.
(n.) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
Inputed by Joe
Examples
- A prominent factor in the electrical art is the _Storage Battery_, Secondary Battery, or Accumulator, as it is variously called. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There are two distinct species of battery, one being known as primary, and the other as storage, although the latter is sometimes referred to as a secondary battery or accumulator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But as a substitute for such tanks or reservoirs he invented the _Accumulator_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- With sensitive accumulators of this character hydraulic machinery is much used on board ships for steering them, and for loading, discharging and storing cargoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Lycurgus