acquisition
//ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən//
formalForms
- Plural
- acquisitions
Definitions
1.The act or process of acquiring.
- The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
2.The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.
3.The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4142
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion
From Latin acquisītiō
From acquīrō, acquīrere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.