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evaporator outlet. It stores the excess refrigerant and removes the moisture
from the refrigerant (thus the name "drier").
Also see
receiver drier
accumulator grid:
The lead grid which forms one of the plates of a lead-acid accumulator
having pasted plates.
accumulator piston:
A unit found in the automatic transmission to assist the servo to apply the
brake band quickly and smoothly.
accumulator system:
In an automatic transmission, it includes a hydraulic accumulator piston
which is controlled by a valve.
accumulator traction:
See battery traction
accumulator valve:
A device which operates the hydraulic accumulator piston in an automatic
transmission.
accumulator vehicle:
See battery traction
AC current sine wave:
Wave form of single frequency alternating current; wave whose
displacement is sine of angle proportional to time or distance.
Ace:
An American trucker's colloquial term for someone with a class "A"
licence.
Also see
AC Ace