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acceptor
OXFORD DICTIONARY
acceptor, n.
1 Commerce a person who accepts a bill.
2 Physics an atom or molecule able to receive an extra electron, esp. an impurity in a semiconductor.
3 Chem. a molecule or ion etc. to which electrons are donated in the formation of a bond.
4 Electr. a circuit able to accept a given frequency.
1 Commerce a person who accepts a bill.
2 Physics an atom or molecule able to receive an extra electron, esp. an impurity in a semiconductor.
3 Chem. a molecule or ion etc. to which electrons are donated in the formation of a bond.
4 Electr. a circuit able to accept a given frequency.
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