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Acceptance

/ək.ˈsɛp.təns/

The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

📖 Definitions of "Acceptance"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

    "the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc."

  2. 2

    Belief in something; agreement, assent.

  3. 3

    The state of being accepted.

  4. 4

    The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.

noun
  1. 1

    A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.

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