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adjustment - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
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accommodation,
fitting |
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advance,
betterment,
improvement increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
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readjustment the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
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domestication accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
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habituation a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
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shakedown extortion of money (as by blackmail)
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adjustment - the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
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registration,
readjustment |
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calibration,
standardisation,
standardization the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration"
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alignment the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
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collimation the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope
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temperament an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
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tune-up adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance
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synchronisation,
synchronising,
synchronization,
synchronizing coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary"
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voicing the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
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