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acceptor

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

See acceptor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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