getter
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get·ter
(gĕt′ər)n.
A material added in small amounts during a chemical or metallurgical process to absorb impurities.
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getter
(ˈɡɛtə)n
1. a person or thing that gets
2. (General Physics) a substance, usually a metal such as titanium, evaporated onto the walls of a vacuum tube, vessel, etc, to adsorb the residual gas and lower the pressure
vb
(General Physics) (tr) to remove (a gas) by the action of a getter
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get•ter
(ˈgɛt ər)n.
1. a person or thing that gets.
2. any substance introduced into a partial vacuum to combine chemically with the residual gas in order to increase the vacuum.
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getter
Past participle: gettered
Gerund: gettering
| Imperative |
|---|
| getter |
| getter |
| Present |
|---|
| I getter |
| you getter |
| he/she/it getters |
| we getter |
| you getter |
| they getter |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I gettered |
| you gettered |
| he/she/it gettered |
| we gettered |
| you gettered |
| they gettered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am gettering |
| you are gettering |
| he/she/it is gettering |
| we are gettering |
| you are gettering |
| they are gettering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have gettered |
| you have gettered |
| he/she/it has gettered |
| we have gettered |
| you have gettered |
| they have gettered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was gettering |
| you were gettering |
| he/she/it was gettering |
| we were gettering |
| you were gettering |
| they were gettering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had gettered |
| you had gettered |
| he/she/it had gettered |
| we had gettered |
| you had gettered |
| they had gettered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will getter |
| you will getter |
| he/she/it will getter |
| we will getter |
| you will getter |
| they will getter |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have gettered |
| you will have gettered |
| he/she/it will have gettered |
| we will have gettered |
| you will have gettered |
| they will have gettered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be gettering |
| you will be gettering |
| he/she/it will be gettering |
| we will be gettering |
| you will be gettering |
| they will be gettering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been gettering |
| you have been gettering |
| he/she/it has been gettering |
| we have been gettering |
| you have been gettering |
| they have been gettering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been gettering |
| you will have been gettering |
| he/she/it will have been gettering |
| we will have been gettering |
| you will have been gettering |
| they will have been gettering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been gettering |
| you had been gettering |
| he/she/it had been gettering |
| we had been gettering |
| you had been gettering |
| they had been gettering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would getter |
| you would getter |
| he/she/it would getter |
| we would getter |
| you would getter |
| they would getter |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have gettered |
| you would have gettered |
| he/she/it would have gettered |
| we would have gettered |
| you would have gettered |
| they would have gettered |
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