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acquisition

noun
/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/UK/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/CA

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquīrō, acquīrere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.

  1. derived from acquisītiō
  2. derived from acquisicion

Definitions

  1. The act or process of acquiring.

    • The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

  2. The thing acquired or gained

    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…

    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.

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Derived

acquisitional, acquisition debt, acquisitioned, acquisition feeding time, acquisitionism, acquisitionist, acquisition prize, acquisition time, compulsory acquisition, data acquisition, deacquisition, gear acquisition syndrome, macroacquisition, misacquisition, nonacquisition, postacquisition, preacquisition, reacquisition, second-language acquisition, statistical language acquisition, third language acquisition

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at acquisition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at acquisition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at acquisition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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