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acceptor
noun
- one who accepts; specif., a person who signs a promise to pay a draft or bill of exchange
- Chem. an atom that receives a pair of electrons from another atom to form a covalent bond with it
- Electronics an impurity, as gallium or boron, added to a semiconductor crystal to make a p-type semiconductor
See acceptor in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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