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acceptance

/ək.ˈsɛp.təns/
noun
  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. Belief in something; agreement, assent.

  3. The state of being accepted.

Synonymsaccepting, approval, receiving, reception, assent, acceptableness
noun
  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.

    Similar: AΩ product, acceptance, geometric extent, light grasp, light-collecting power

SynonymsAΩ product, acceptance, geometric extent, light grasp, light-collecting power, light-gathering power

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