acceptor

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Synonyms: accentor, accepter, acceptour, accept, accepted, ancestor, accensor, acception, exceptor, inceptor, receptor

Antonyms: accentor, accepter, acceptour, accept, accepted, ancestor, accensor, acception, exceptor, inceptor, receptor

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Noun

1. One who [[accept]]s.
2. {{lb|en|legal|commerce}} One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a [[drawee]] after he has accepted.
3. {{lb|en|chemistry}} An [[atom]] or [[molecule]] which can accept an [[electron]] to form a chemical [[bond]].
4. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} A [[transfer RNA]] molecule that can accept a specific [[amino acid]]
5. {{lb|en|physics}} A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
6. {{lb|en|physiology}} A cluster of [[skin]] [[cell]]s that respond to [[pain]]
7. {{lb|en|comptheory}} A kind of [[finite-state machine]] whose [[binary]] [[output]] indicates whether or not a received [[input]] was accepted.

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