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acceptance
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."
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
The state of being accepted.
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.
Similar: AΩ product, acceptance, geometric extent, light grasp, light-collecting power
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