acculturation
- n the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
- n all the knowledge and values shared by a society
- n the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
accumulation
- n an increase by natural growth or addition
- n several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- n the act of accumulating
- n (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
accumulator
- n a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- n a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
- n (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
accumulator register
- n (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
acer macrophyllum
- n maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn