acquisition time
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.26 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The amount of time required to acquire and convert a signal into a data record.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The amount of time required for a GPS receiver to acquire a satellite signal in order to determine the initial position.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The time taken to sample data in order to obtain an image or measurement to a specified resolution.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In this context, mean acquisition time is used as a performance measure."
- "During the acquisition time, the sample switch closes and the input voltage charges the A/D's internal 120 pF capacitance C_(HOLD)."
- "The acquisition time for a UWB signal is thus large due to a combination of the low energy per pulse and very short pulse durations (nanoseconds or hundreds of picoseconds, typically)."
- "The speed-based acquisition algorithm controls the location acquisition time interval in such a way that when a user is moving faster than before, the location acquistion time interval is shortened and when the speed gets slower the location acquistion interval is increased appropriately."
- "Following the pulse irradiation, the acquisition time is the part of the sequence where the free induction decay (FID) signal is recorded. The acquisition time is dependent on the digital resolution required."
- "The best way to deal with motion is to shorten the acquisition time."