getter

getter

getter (third-person singular simple present getters, present participle gettering, simple past and past participle gettered)

1. (sciences) To remove gas by sorption.
   • 2003, John F. OHanlon, chapter 14, A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology, ISBN 0471270520, page 247:

     Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.

getter (plural getters)

1. One who gets.
2. (computing, programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
   • 2002, James Steven Perry, chapter 2, Java Management Extensions, ISBN 0596002459, page 47:

     A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.

3. (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
   • 1979, G. L. Weissler and Robert Warner Carlson, chapter 5, Vacuum Physics and Technology, ISBN 0124759149, page 194-195:

     Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity.

	getter
	absorbing material

Altri significati:

(computing, programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.

One who gets.

(sciences) To remove gas by sorption.

(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.

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