acceptor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ək.ˈsɛp.tɚ/, /æk.ˈsɛp.tɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who accepts
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in biochemistry
in physiology
in computer theory
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkep.tor/, [äkˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [ätˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
acceptor m (genitive acceptōris, feminine acceptrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acceptor | acceptōrēs |
Genitive | acceptōris | acceptōrum |
Dative | acceptōrī | acceptōribus |
Accusative | acceptōrem | acceptōrēs |
Ablative | acceptōre | acceptōribus |
Vocative | acceptor | acceptōrēs |
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
acceptor m (genitive acceptōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) Alternative form of accipiter (“hawk”)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acceptor | acceptōrēs |
Genitive | acceptōris | acceptōrum |
Dative | acceptōrī | acceptōribus |
Accusative | acceptōrem | acceptōrēs |
Ablative | acceptōre | acceptōribus |
Vocative | acceptor | acceptōrēs |
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
acceptor
References[edit]
- “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.
- acceptor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French accepteur.
Adjective[edit]
acceptor m or n (feminine singular acceptoare, masculine plural acceptori, feminine and neuter plural acceptoare)
Declension[edit]
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 |
Noun[edit]
acceptor m (plural acceptori)
Declension[edit]
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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