ETYM Latin.
1. One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
2. An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.
3. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. + prikaži više

ETYM Late Lat. collector one who collects: cf. French collecteur.
1. A person who collects things (e.g. stamps) as a hobby.
2. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes); SYN. gatherer, accumulator.
3. The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the inter-electrode region.
4. A crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth. + prikaži više