0%

accession number

ac·ces·sion num·ber
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ak-sesh-uh n nuhm-ber]
    • /ækˈsɛʃ ən ˈnʌm bər/
    • /əkˈseʃ.ən ˈnʌmbə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ak-sesh-uh n nuhm-ber]
    • /ækˈsɛʃ ən ˈnʌm bər/

Definitions of accession number words

  • noun accession number the number given to record a new addition to a collection 3
  • noun accession number the individual number or serial designation identifying specifically any of the items, as books or records, acquired by a library, collection, or the like. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of accession number

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1875-80

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Accession number

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

accession number popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

accession number usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?