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col⋅lec⋅tor
[kuh-lek-ter] 
tər
–noun
| 1. | a person or thing that collects. |
| 2. | a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc. |
| 3. | a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby. |
| 4. | Electricity. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors. |
| 5. | Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes. |
| 6. | Metallurgy. promoter (def. 5). |
| 7. | Energy. solar collector. |
pro⋅mot⋅er
[pruh-moh-ter] –noun
| 1. | a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages. |
| 2. | a person who initiates or takes part in the organizing of a company, development of a project, etc. |
| 3. | a person who organizes and provides financial backing for a sporting event or entertainment. |
| 4. | Chemistry. any substance that in small amounts is capable of increasing the activity of a catalyst. |
| 5. | Also called collector. Metallurgy. a water-repellent reagent enhancing the ability of certain ores to float so that they can be extracted by the flotation process. |
| 6. | Genetics.
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| 7. | Obsolete. an informer. |
solar collector
–noun
| any of numerous devices or systems designed to capture and use solar radiation for heating air or water and for producing steam to generate electricity. |
Also called collector.
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Collector
Col*lect"or\, n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.]1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins. I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. --Lamb. 2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. Volumes without the collector's own reflections. --Addison. 3. (Com.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. --Sir W. Temple. 4. One authorized to collect debts. 5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. --Todd.
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Language Translation for : collector
Spanish:
coleccionista,
German:
der, *die Sammler(in),
Japanese:
収集家
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