acceptor
Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/
The English word “acceptor” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- One who accepts.
- One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
- An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
- A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
- A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
- A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
- A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
Etymology
From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.
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