acceptor

== English == === Alternative forms === acceptour (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛp.tɚ/, /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/ === Noun === 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [akˈkɛp.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛp.tor] === Etymology 1 === From accipiō +‎ -tor. Sense 3 reflects the meaning of accipiter, which had already been perceived as being related to accipere for a long time. ==== Noun ==== acceptor m (genitive acceptōris, feminine acceptrīx); third declension receiver approver (Late Latin) hawk ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== acceptor first-person singular present passive indicative of acceptō === References === “acceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "acceptor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 == === Etymology === Borrowed from French accepteur. === Adjective === acceptor m or n (feminine singular acceptoare, masculine plural acceptori, feminine/neuter plural acceptoare) accepting ==== Declension ==== === Noun === acceptor m (plural acceptori) acceptor ==== Declension ====