noun
getter
Getter (noun) means a person or thing that gets something.
noun
1
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."
— Scott Brookie, Santa Cruz Elects A Gay Mayor (1983)
"In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters."
— Jodi Newbern, Regifting Revival!: A Guide to Reusing Gifts Graciously (2009)
2
(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."
— James Steven Perry (2002)
3
A substance placed in a vacuum device to soak up leftover gas.
4
A coal miner who dug the coal, rather than carrying it out.
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What is the meaning of getter?
"getter" (noun) means a person or thing that gets something.
What are the different meanings of getter?
"getter" has 3 main meanings: 1. A person or thing that gets something; 2. (computing) A function that reads the value of a property on an object, as opposed to a setter; 3. A substance placed in a vacuum device to soak up leftover gas.
