acceptor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/
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/əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/ · /əkˈsɛp.tɚ/ · /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/

Definition of acceptor

7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who accepts.
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noun

  1. One who accepts.
  2. One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
  3. An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
  4. A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
  5. A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
  6. A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
  7. A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.

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Etymology

From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.

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5-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

15 words

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