getter

getter antonyms

giver compare getter and giver
mutator compare getter and mutator

getter definitions

verb

  • To remove gas by sorption. 

noun

  • 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. 

  • One who, or that which, gets. 

  • A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.