accumulator
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6.6
- noun
- /əˈkjuːmjʊleɪtər/
- UK
:
acumulador
- The HHV works similarly to a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), using a hydraulic high-pressure accumulator instead of an electric motor and batteries.
Examples
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The second part of the installation at the Simmons Pump Station was the air/oil accumulator system that controls the operation of the pump discharge ball valves.
Academic text (1998) -
Liquid binary fluid drains to an accumulator vessel before being pumped back to the brine heat exchangers to repeat the cycle.
Academic text (1994) -
There is also a heat accumulator located in the center of this gigantic solar field.
Blog text (30) -
Nothing was left to him but the energy reserve in the accumulators.
Fiction book (2001) -
In practice, there is an upper limit on the operating pressure of accumulators, which is dictated by the materials used in their construction and safety considerations.
Academic text (1995) -
The energy stored in a water-filled accumulator with volume V_o can be found by integrating the work of compression.
Academic text (1995) -
A new series of stainless steel accumulators designed for installation within turbomachinery lube-oil system controls has been introduced by this company.
Academic text (2002) -
All remaining naphtha leaves the bitumen in the fractionator, cools to 118 degrees C, and condenses for collection in an overhead accumulator.
Academic text (1998) -
This device uses the energy stored in a water-filled accumulator to generate an ultrahigh-pressure (300- to 400-MPa) water pulse through a large 10- to 25-millimeter-diameter discharge valve.
Academic text (1995) -
The technician replaced the old accumulator to ensure the electric car could store energy efficiently.
Synonyms
1
3.3
A device you can charge again to keep electricity for use later
1
5.9
A part that stores electric charge in a circuit
A rechargeable battery with lead plates and acid used in cars and backup power
A rechargeable battery that uses nickel and cadmium to store electricity
A strong rechargeable battery made from nickel and iron that lasts many charges
A device that stores electric charge to give out later
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer's processor that keeps calculation results by adding new numbers to old ones
A rechargeable battery with lead plates and acid used in cars and backup power
A rechargeable battery that uses nickel and cadmium to store electricity
A strong rechargeable battery made from nickel and iron that lasts many charges
Surface Forms
Morphology
accumulator = accumulate (transparent) = accumulate + or
Formed by adding the agent/instrument suffix '-or' to the verb 'accumulate', yielding an instrument that stores energy.
Etymology
Accumulator comes from the verb accumulate, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'to heap up'. So an accumulator is a device that 'heaps up' or stores electrical energy so you can use it later.