Getter vs Gether - What's the difference?
getter | gether |
One who gets.
* 1838 , William Evans, ?Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library
(computing, programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
* {{quote-book
, year=2002
, author=James Steven Perry
, title=Java Management Extensions
, chapter=2
, isbn=0596002459
, page=47
, passage=A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.}}
(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
* {{quote-book
, year=1979
, author=G. L. Weissler and Robert Warner Carlson
, title=Vacuum Physics and Technology
, chapter=5
, isbn=0124759149
, pages=194-195
, passage=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.}}
(sciences) To remove gas by sorption.
* {{quote-book
, year=2003
, author=John F. O'Hanlon
, title=A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology
, chapter=14
, isbn=0471270520
, page=247
, passage=Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.}}
(obsolete, or, regional)
*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Frederic Moorman, title=More Tales of the Ridings, chapter=, edition=
, passage="'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1898, author=John Hartley, title=Yorkshire Lyrics, chapter=, edition=
, passage=An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1881, author=Sarah P. McLean Greene, title=Cape Cod Folks, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1872, author=Edward Eggleston, title=The End Of The World, chapter=, edition=
, passage=But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake." }}
As verbs the difference between getter and gether
is that getter is to remove gas by sorption while gether is alternative form of lang=en.As a noun getter
is one who gets.getter
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Noun
(en noun)- rich men and the eager getters of this world
Derived terms
* go-getter * vote getterSynonyms
* (computing) accessorSee also
* setterVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* get ----gether
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