Definition of "accumulator" in English

noun

(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
- He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
(British) A wet-cell storage battery.
- Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
- 1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.