getter🔊

One who, or that which, gets.

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

(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.

(historical) A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the (putter), who took it to the surface.

(sciences) To remove gas by sorption.