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getters

getters is the plural of getter.

getters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of getter.

Meaning of getter

Noun

getter (plural getters)

  1. One who, or that which, gets.
    • Many times things would open in him to admiration, showing to rich men and the eager getters of this world, the danger they were in of hurting themselves, by hindering their growth in the truth.1838, William Evans, Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library
  2. (object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
    • A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.2002, James Steven Perry, chapter 2, in Java Management Extensions, →ISBN, page 47
  3. A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
    • Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity.1979, G. L. Weissler, Robert Warner Carlson, chapter 5, in Vacuum Physics and Technology, →ISBN, pages 194–195
  4. (historical) A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.

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Proper noun capitalized: Getters

Getters

  1. (plural) plural of Getter

Phrases with getters

Questions about getters

What is getters the plural of?
Getters is the plural of getter.
What part of speech is getters?
Getters is a proper noun.

Words near getters in the dictionary

  1. getter
  2. getter-up
  3. gettered
  4. gettering
  5. getterings
  6. getters
  7. getters-up
  8. gettest
  9. getteth
  10. Gettier
  11. Gettier case

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