getter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who, or that which, gets.
A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.

verb

name

/ˈɡɛtə/ /ˈɡɛtə(ɹ)/ /-ɾə(ɹ)/

getter getters gettering gettered

From get + -er.

accessor get

setter

attention getter gettering getter-up go-getter grocery getter placegetter timbergetter vote-getter

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