accumulator vs magpie

accumulator

noun
  • One who, or that which, accumulates. 

  • A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy. 

  • A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively. 

  • A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. 

  • A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer. 

  • A one way membership function. 

  • A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure). 

  • One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study. 

  • A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam. 

  • A wet-cell storage battery. 

magpie

noun
  • Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects. 

  • One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica. 

  • A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C. 

  • A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen. 

  • The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer. 

verb
  • To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business. 

  • To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark. 

  • To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do. 

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