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Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
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acclimation
Word definitions for acclimation in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1826, noun of action from acclimate .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acclimation \Ac`cli*ma"tion\, n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. 2 (context biology English) The adaptation of an organism to its natural climatic environment.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) [syn: acclimatization , acclimatisation ]
Usage examples of acclimation.
Others consider it merely the acquisition of a habit of taking every morning before breakfast a dose of bitters, composed of whiskey and assafoetida, out of the acclimation jug.
Just as starships and their interiors tended to evolve from the same basic template in order to reduce the acclimation time spent by Starfleet personnel when transferring from one duty assignment to another, the processing centers were designed in much the same manner.
First year was when cadets shed any lingering shyness- when acclimation to cramped fighting-ship quarters was accelerated by furnishing a single unwalled shower and toilet facility for all sexes.