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Definition of Getter
1. n. One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.
Definition of Getter
1. Noun. One who gets. ¹
2. Noun. (computing programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter. ¹
3. Noun. (science) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption. ¹
4. Verb. (sciences) To remove gas by sorption. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Getter
1. to purify with a chemically active substance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Getter
Literary usage of Getter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1872)
"... a discount of twenty per cent will be allowed; and for Clubs of ten or more
persons, a copy gratin will be allowed to the getter-up of the Club. ..."
2. The Indiana School Journalby Indiana State Teachers Association by Indiana State Teachers Association (1863)
"10—Ten Copies $10.00, and one to getter up of club. 16—Sixteen " 16.00, and one
copy of JOURNAL, and one copy Lewis' Gymnastic Journal for 1862, to getter ..."
3. Father Mathew: A Biography by John Francis Maguire (1865)
"CHAPTER V. A Holiday-getter and a Feast-giver— Gentle Rebuke—Taught in a gooil
School—His Kindness to young Priests—Grand Party in the Cock-loft —The ..."
4. Developing Executive Ability by Enoch Burton Gowin (1919)
"The Tickler as a Business getter The tickler method may be used in many other ways.
Resourceful salesmen, for instance, utilize it in some such form as ..."
5. The Lives of William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart, Republican Presidential by Henry Benajah Russell (1896)
"... Campaign of National Interest — A Democratic Vote-getter Opposed to Him —
David B. Hill and Others Stump the District — The Democratic Majority Whittled ..."
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