accessor

== English == === Etymology === From access +‎ -or. === Noun === accessor (plural accessors) Someone or something that accesses. (object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data. ==== Synonyms ==== (function): getter ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “function”): mutator ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛs.sor] === Noun === accessor m (genitive accessōris); third declension (Medieval Latin) accessory ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “accessor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC "accessor", 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)