getter

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English

Etymology

From get +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

getter (plural getters)

  1. One who, or that which, gets.
    • 1838, William Evans, Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library:
      Many times things would open in him to admiration, showing to rich men and the eager getters of this world, the danger they were in of hurting themselves, by hindering their growth in the truth.
    • 1983 December 10, Scott Brookie, “Santa Cruz Elects A Gay Mayor”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 3:
      Laird won a four-year city council term and was the top vote-getter in the 1981 election, which for the first time seated a progressive city council and a socialist mayor.
    • 2009, Jodi Newbern, Regifting Revival!: A Guide to Reusing Gifts Graciously, page 15:
      In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters.
  2. (object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
    • 2002, James Steven Perry, chapter 2, in Java Management Extensions, →ISBN, 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, Robert Warner Carlson, chapter 5, in Vacuum Physics and Technology, →ISBN, pages 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.
  4. (mining, historical) A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.

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Verb

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. O'Hanlon, chapter 14, in A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology, →ISBN, page 247:
      Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.tœʁ/ ~ /ɡe.tœʁ/
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Noun

getter m (plural getters)

  1. (object-oriented programming) getter

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Specifically from Old French geter, the northern variant of jeter (“to throw”)

Verb

getter

  1. alternative form of iecter

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of getter
infinitive simple getter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple gettant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle getté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gette gettes gette gettons gettez gettent
imperfect gettois, gettoys gettois, gettoys gettoit, gettoyt gettions, gettyons gettiez, gettyez gettoient, gettoyent
past historic getta gettas getta gettasmes gettastes getterent
future getterai, getteray getteras gettera getterons getterez getteront
conditional getterois, getteroys getterois, getteroys getteroit, getteroyt getterions, getteryons getteriez, getteryez getteroient, getteroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gette gettes gette gettons gettez gettent
imperfect gettasse gettasses gettast gettassions gettassiez gettassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gette — gettons gettez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English getter or French getter.

Noun

getter n (uncountable)

  1. getter (material)

Declension

Declension of getter
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative getter getterul
genitive-dative getter getterului
vocative getterule

Swedish

Noun

getter

  1. indefinite plural of get
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