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acquisition|ækwɪˈzɪʃən|
[ad. L. acquīsītiōn-em n. of action, f. acquīsīt-, ppl. stem of acquīrĕre. See acquire.]
1. The action of obtaining or getting for oneself, or by one's own exertion.
1387Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. I. 35 The adquisicion of a hollesom merite. 1651Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 96 Versed more in the acquisition of Wealth than of Knowledge. 1736Butler Anal. i. iv. 110 Neither is it offered to our acceptance, but to our acquisition. 1842H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. (1842) I. 3 A tenacious memory, and an unrivalled facility of acquisition. 1876Hamerton Intell. Life ii. ii. 61 Work involves the acquisition of new habits.
2. A thing acquired or gained; a gain or acquirement.
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 53 Trouble not thyself gretly with wordely acquisicions. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 13 Then as my guest [v.r. gift], and thine owne acquisition Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter. 1686R. Burton (title) View of the English Acquisitions in Guinea. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 77 ⁋11 Writers whose powers & acquisitions place them high in the rank of literature. 1809Syd. Smith Wks. 1867 I. 174 A great classical scholar is an ornament and an important acquisition to his country. 1840Macaulay Ess., Clive 89 Acquisitions made by the arms of the State belong to the State alone.
3. The initial location of a target by radar. Freq. attrib.
1958Aero-Space Terms 1/1 Acquisition and tracking radar, a radar set that locks onto a strong signal and tracks the object reflecting the signal. 1962A. Shepard in Into Orbit 167 They [sc. computers] prepare a series of predictions as to exactly when the capsule will appear over other tracking stations along the route and transmit this data, which we call ‘acquisition messages’, to each station in the form of readable, teletyped messages. 1975D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xxv. 58 A two-dimensional bank of acquisition cells is usually established (as in some search radars) and the region of angular uncertainty is scanned sequentially until the target is detected. |