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acro-

  1. a combining form with the meanings “height,” “tip end,” “extremities of the body,” used in the formation of compound words:

    acrophobia.



acro-

combining_form

  1. denoting something at a height, summit, top, tip, beginning, or end

    acrogen

    acropolis

  2. denoting an extremity of the human body

    acromegaly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of acro-1

< Greek, combining form of áDz topmost, highest; akin to Latin sharp. acme, ear 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of acro-1

from Greek akros extreme, topmost
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On Twitter, customers said they were facing long delays, with many resorting to contacting the Acro Twitter account in the hope of securing their certificates.

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The Acro Criminal Records Office provides records to police, exchanges them internationally and processes certificates for people wishing to work with children or gain emigration visas.

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In the FPV world, this mode is called “Acro” and it really takes hundreds and thousands of hours to get comfortable with it.

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Lead researcher Dr David Boilley, a nuclear physicist and chairman of Acro, told the Guardian: “The fact they want to build a dam and have boats going just by the bottom of the Chernobyl reactor – for me this is unbelievable. This is the most contaminated part of the exclusion zone.”

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While it’s unclear what purpose the high-spine “sail” of the “Acro” may have served, some theories believe it may have been a defensive mechanism to appear larger or to regulate body temperature.

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