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ac⋅ro⋅bat

  [ak-ruh-bat]
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–noun
1. a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
2. a person who readily changes viewpoints or opinions.
Origin:
1815–25; < F acrobate < Gk akróbatos walking on tiptoe, equiv. to akro- acro- + -batos, verbal adj. of baínein to go; F word may be recoinage, or etymological reading of the Gk word
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ac·ro·bat   (āk'rə-bāt')   
n.  

  1. One who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics.

  2. One who changes one's viewpoint on short notice in response to the circumstances.


[French acrobate, from Greek akrobatēs : akros, high; see acro- + bainein, bat-, to walk; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]
ac'ro·bat'ic adj., ac'ro·bat'i·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

acrobat 
1825, from Fr. acrobate, from Gk. akrobates "rope dancer, gymnastic performer," related to akrobatos "going on tip-toe, climbing up high," from akros "topmost, at the point end" (see acrid) + bainein "walk, go" (see come).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

Acrobat text, product
A product from Adobe Systems, Inc., for manipulating documents stored in Portable Document Format. Acrobat provides a platform-independent means of creating, viewing, and printing documents.
the magazine of Acrobat publishing (http://acropolis.com/acropolis).
(1995-04-21)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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