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acceptors

/əkˈsɛptərz/

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noun

One who accepts.

Examples :

"The judges were fair acceptors of both praise and criticism for the school play. "

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noun

One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

Examples :

"The bank became the acceptors of the business's trade bill, guaranteeing payment to the supplier after 90 days. "

business finance law

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noun

An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.

Examples :

"In the chemistry lab, the teacher explained that acceptors readily bind with electrons donated by other molecules to form new compounds. "

chemistry science compound element

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noun

A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid

Examples :

"In protein synthesis, specific acceptors, tRNA molecules, bind to their corresponding amino acids before delivering them to the ribosome. "

biology biochemistry organism

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noun

A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor

Examples :

"In silicon semiconductors, acceptors create positive holes that allow current to flow. "

chemistry physics material electronics compound science

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A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain

Examples :

"When Maria burned her hand on the hot pan, the pain was immediately registered by the acceptors in her skin. "

physiology anatomy sensation body organ

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A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.

Examples :

"Security systems often use acceptors to determine if a keycard is valid and grants access to the building. "

computing machine technology logic system