The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word ACCUMULATOR
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What does ACCUMULATOR mean?
ACCUMULATOR noun- One who, or that which, accumulates.
- A wet-cell storage battery.
- (betting) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
- A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- (hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
- A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
- A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
- One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
- A one way membership function.