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Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
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acclimatization
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. 2 (context biology English) The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acclimatization (UK also acclimatisation ; US also acclimation ) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a gradual change in its environment (such as a change in temperature, humidity, photoperiod , or pH), allowing it to maintain performance ...
WordNet
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n. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) [syn: acclimatisation , acclimation ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acclimatization \Ac*cli"ma*ti*za"tion\ ([a^]k`kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[i^]*z[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. --Darwin.
Usage examples of acclimatization.
It seems that the acclimatization of foreign creatures was one of his hobbies, and that he had brought with him from Brazil a number of birds and beasts which he was endeavouring to rear in England.