Recipient

Recipient
Recipient Re*cip"i*ent (r[-e]*s[i^]p"[i^]*ent), n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. r['e]cipient. See {Receive}.] A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still. [1913 Webster]

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  • récipient — [ resipjɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1600; adj. vaisseau récipient 1554; lat. recipiens, p. prés. de recipere « recevoir » 1 ♦ Techn. Partie de certains appareils (alambic, etc.) dans laquelle on recueille les produits d une distillation, d une opération… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Recipient — Récipient Plusieurs récipients Un récipient est un objet creux destiné à recevoir des produits solides (poudres, granulés...), liquides ou gazeux. Les récipients sont utilisés dans de nombreux domaines de la vie quotidienne, notamment pour la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • recipient — RECIPIÉNT, recipiente, s.n. Vas destinat pentru păstrarea şi transportarea unui lichid, a unui gaz sau a unui material solid sub formă de granule sau de pulbere. [pr.: pi ent] – Din fr. récipient, lat. recipiens, ntis. Trimis de RACAI, 23.07.2007 …   Dicționar Român

  • recipient — re‧cip‧i‧ent [rɪˈsɪpiənt] noun [countable] formal someone who receives something: • The international money orders can be cashed by the recipient at any Amex travel office. • The scheme is placing more than 300 welfare recipients a year in jobs.… …   Financial and business terms

  • recipient — Recipient. s. m. Vase de verre dont les Chymistes se servent pour recevoir les eaux qu ils distillent. Un recipient de verre. la cornuë & le recipient …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • recipient — (n.) 1550s, from M.Fr. récipient (16c.), from L. recipientem (nom. recipiens), prp. of recipere (see RECEIVE (Cf. receive)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • recipient — recipiènt m. récipient …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • Recipient — Re*cip i*ent, a. Receiving; receptive. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recipient — recipient. См. реципиент. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • recipient — I noun accepter, assignee, beneficiary, consignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, holder, inheritor, legatee, liquidator, object, payee, receiver, repository, transferee II index assignee, bearer, beneficiary, devisee …   Law dictionary

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