acquisition

Pronunciation: /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/

The English word “acquisition” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
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.

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

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