ALL meanings of getter
get·ter
G g - noun getter a person or thing that gets. 1
- noun getter any substance introduced into a partial vacuum, as the interior of a vacuum tube or an incandescent lamp, to combine chemically with the residual gas in order to increase the vacuum. 1
- noun getter Chiefly Canadian. poisoned bait used to exterminate wolves, gophers, and other pests from farm areas. 1
- noun getter A person or thing that gets a specified desirable thing. 1
- noun getter a person or thing that gets 0
- noun getter a substance, usually a metal such as titanium, evaporated onto the walls of a vacuum tube, vessel, etc, to adsorb the residual gas and lower the pressure 0
- verb getter to remove (a gas) by the action of a getter 0
- noun getter one that gets 0
- noun getter a substance, esp. a metal, added in small amounts to a semiconductor, vacuum tube, etc. to attract and remove unwanted or residual impurities 0
- noun getter poisoned bait for farm pests 0
- noun getter One who gets. 0
- noun getter (computing, programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter. 0
- noun getter (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption. 0
- verb getter (sciences) To remove gas by sorption. 0