An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The process of controlling telescope operations during observation and obtaining data.

Etymology (EN): → data; acquisition, from L. acquisitionem, from acquirere “get in addition,” from → ad- “extra” + quærere “to search for, obtain.”

Etymology (PE): Alfanješ, verbal noun of alfanjidan (variant alfaqdan) “to acquire, get,” Bactrian αλφανζ “to acquire,” Sogdian δβ’yz “to acquire, gain, get” (Cheung 2007); → data.