Definition of "acceptor" in Englisch

noun

1. One who accepts.

2. (law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

3. (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.

4. (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid

5. (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor

6. (physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain

7. (computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.