getter
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Is getter a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.Examples: "A proper getter must return the type of its attribute."
2. (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.Examples: "Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity."
3. (mining, historical) A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.historical
verb (English)
1. (sciences) To remove gas by sorption.Examples: "Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases."Synonyms: get
Definition source: Wiktionary