About The Word Adjustment
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Adjustment
| Adjustment Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Adjustment?
[n] the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
[n] the act of adjusting something to match a standard
[n] making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
[n] an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
[n] the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjustment: accommodation |
adaptation |
allowance |
alteration |
fitting |
modification |
readjustment |
registration
Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjustment: abatement of differences |
about-face |
acclimation |
acclimatization |
accommodation |
accord |
accordance |
accustoming |
acquiescence |
adaptation |
adaption |
adjusting |
adjustive reaction |
agreement |
alignment |
alteration |
altering |
amelioration |
apostasy |
arrangement |
assimilation |
attunement |
bad condition |
balance |
bargain |
bearings |
betterment |
break |
breaking |
breaking-in |
calibrating |
calibration |
case hardening |
change |
change of heart |
changeableness |
charting |
closing |
coaptation |
codification |
compliance |
composition |
composition of differences |
compromise |
concession |
conclusion |
conditioning |
conformance |
conformation other-direction |
conformity |
congruity |
consistency |
constructive change |
continuity |
conventionality |
conversion |
coordination |
cop-out |
correcting |
correction |
correspondence |
deal |
defection |
degeneration |
degenerative change |
desertion of principle |
deterioration |
deviation |
difference |
discontinuity |
disorientation |
divergence |
diversification |
diversion |
diversity |
domestication |
enablement |
equalization |
equalizing |
equating |
equation |
equilibration |
equipment |
evasion of responsibility |
evening |
evening up |
familiarization |
fettle |
fit |
fitting |
flexibility |
flip-flop |
form |
fulfillment |
furnishing |
give-and-take |
giving way |
good condition |
gradual change |
habituation |
hardening |
harmonization |
harmony |
housebreaking |
improvement |
integrated personality |
integration |
inurement |
keeping |
line |
malleability |
melioration |
methodization |
mitigation |
modification |
modulation |
mutual concession |
naturalization |
normalization |
obedience |
observance |
order |
ordination |
organization |
orientation |
orthodoxy |
overthrow |
planning |
pliancy |
psychosynthesis |
qualification |
radical change |
rationalization |
readjustment |
realignment |
reconcilement |
reconciliation |
re-creation |
redesign |
reform |
reformation |
regularization |
regulating |
regulation |
rehabilitation |
remaking |
renewal |
repair |
reshaping |
resolution |
restructuring |
reversal |
revival |
revivification |
revolution |
routinization |
sealing |
seasoning |
setting |
settlement |
shape |
shift |
signature |
signing |
solemnization |
squaring |
strictness |
sudden change |
surrender |
switch |
synchronization |
syntonic personality |
systematization |
taming |
terms |
timing |
total change |
traditionalism |
training |
transition |
trim |
tuning |
turn |
turnabout |
understanding |
uniformity |
upheaval |
variation |
variety |
violent change |
worsening |
yielding
See Also | acclimation |
acclimatisation |
acclimatization |
accommodation |
adaptation |
advance |
alignment |
betterment |
biological process |
calibration |
change |
collimation |
cost-of-living allowance |
dedifferentiation |
deduction |
depreciation allowance |
differentiation |
discount |
domestication |
improvement |
laxation |
loosening |
organic process |
recompense |
seasonal adjustment |
specialisation |
specialization |
standardisation |
standardization |
synchronisation |
synchronising |
synchronization |
synchronizing |
tightening |
tune-up |
voicing
Adjustment In Webster's Dictionary
\Ad*just"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. ajustement. See
{Adjust}.]
1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act
of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
Success depends on the nicest and minutest
adjustment of the parts concerned. --Paley.
2. (Law) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of
conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution,
exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. --Bispham.
3. The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument,
as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative
position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted;
as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of
adjustment.
Syn: Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement;
adaptation; disposition.
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