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acceptor definition

ac·cep·tor (ak sep′tər, ək-)

noun

  1. one who accepts; specif., a person who signs a promise to pay a draft or bill of exchange
  2. Chem. an atom that receives a pair of electrons from another atom to form a covalent bond with it
  3. Electronics an impurity, as gallium or boron, added to a semiconductor crystal to make a p-type semiconductor

Etymology: L

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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