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getter in French

getter in French is accesseur, getter — getter means a person or thing that gets something.

getter in French

accesseur
noun
(object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
getter
noun
(object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.

What does "getter" mean?

  1. noun A person or thing that gets something.
    "Laird won a four-year city council term and was the top vote-getter in the 1981 election, which for the first time seated a progressive city council and a socialist mayor."
  2. noun (computing) A function that reads the value of a property on an object, as opposed to a setter.
    "A proper getter must return the type of its attribute."
  3. noun A substance placed in a vacuum device to soak up leftover gas.
  4. noun A coal miner who dug the coal, rather than carrying it out.
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getter in a sentence

  • Laird won a four-year city council term and was the top vote-getter in the 1981 election, which for the first time seated a progressive city council and a socialist mayor.
  • In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters.
  • A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.

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Frequently asked questions

What is "getter" in French?
"getter" in French is accesseur, getter. getter means: A person or thing that gets something.
Are there other ways to say "getter" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "getter": accesseur, getter.
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