acceptor
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete, rare) acceptour
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ək.ˈsɛp.tɚ/, /æk.ˈsɛp.tɚ/
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Noun
acceptor (plural acceptors)
- One who accepts.
- (law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
- (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
- (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
- (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
- (physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
- (computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
Derived terms
Translations
one who accepts
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in biochemistry
in physiology
in computer theory
Latin
References
- “acceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acceptor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- acceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian
Adjective
acceptor m or n (feminine singular acceptoare, masculine plural acceptori, feminine and neuter plural acceptoare)
Declension
Declension of acceptor
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | acceptor | acceptoare | acceptori | acceptoare | ||
definite | acceptorul | acceptoarea | acceptorii | acceptoarele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | acceptor | acceptoare | acceptori | acceptoare | ||
definite | acceptorului | acceptoarei | acceptorilor | acceptoarelor |
Declension
Declension of acceptor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) acceptor | acceptorul | (niște) acceptori | acceptorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) acceptor | acceptorului | (unor) acceptori | acceptorilor |
vocative | acceptorule | acceptorilor |
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