Accession

• a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
• (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
• something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
• agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
• entree: the right to enter
• make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
• the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
• A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy; Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
• The act of transferring physical custody and control of records to the University Archives. The materials transferred to the archives.
• Acquiring title to additional or improvements to real property as a result of annexation of fixutres or the accretion of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams.
• An addition to property through the efforts of man or by natural forces.
• Accession is the act whereby a state accepts the offer or the opportunity to become a party to a treaty already negotiated and signed by other states.
• Addition to property by natural increase or growth or by installation of improvements.
• A sample of a plant variety collected at a specific location and time. The terms ecotype, wild type and accession are not uniformly used in the Arabidopsis field and often cause confusion.