acceptance
- n the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years - n the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
the proposal found wide acceptance - n the state of being acceptable and accepted
torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club - n (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
- n banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- n a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
- n the act of taking something that is offered
her acceptance of the gift encouraged him
he anticipated their acceptance of his offer
acceptance sampling
- n a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected
acceptation
- n acceptance as true or valid
- n the accepted meaning of a word
- n the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
acceptor
- n (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated
- n the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
acceptor rna
- n RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)
access
- n the right to enter
- n the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- n a way of entering or leaving
he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge - n a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
- n (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- n the act of approaching or entering
he gained access to the building - v obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
- v reach or gain access to
How does one access the attic in this house?
access code
- n a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)