Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

accession number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: ac-ces-sion num-ber
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unique number given to each new acquisition as it is entered into the catalogue of a library or museum.

noun

A unique identifier given to a biological polymer sequence (DNA, protein) when it is submitted to a sequence database.

Inflected Forms

accession numbers (plural)

Questions

What does accession number mean?: The unique number given to each new acquisition as it is entered into the catalogue of a library or museum.

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