Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The process of acclimating or of becoming acclimated.
- n. Acclimatization.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The process of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated; acclimatization.
Wiktionary
- n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
- n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
WordNet 3.0
- n. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
Examples
“Club officials continue to resist putting him in the bullpen even as a short-term acclimation to the big leagues.”
“The first couple days will be what we call acclimation days where it’s getting players into the process of getting ready to play in the season.”
The Washington Post: Virginia's first five days of training camp to be open to public
“He was lifted in the sixth inning after getting four at-bats, almost exactly the kind of acclimation Maddon hoped to get for Baldelli.”
“Obama is engendering the kind of acclimation reserved for few in American political life.”
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Together at Last - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“That Germans are fustrated with foreigners not interested in learning their language causes nation-wide panic attacks and the development of 'acclimation' programs.”
“We might also ask how this prediction by Goodchild might affect the overall "acclimation" or preparedness of people about the possibility of ET visitation to Earth, whether anything unusual happens today or not.”
“Then Raymond Shaw shoots Ike at the convention and, after everything is sorted out, Kolhammer is nominated by acclimation on a promise to root out the Red Menace.”
“And while the MagicMouse can be picked up and grokked nearly instantaneously (though it sucks that right-click is disabled by default), the OpenOfficeMouse requires about two days of acclimation according to the FAQ.”
“A house of Congress can vote to pass a bill by acclimation IF there are no objections.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review?
“Morton Satin, vice president of science and research for the Salt Institute, wrote to take exception to the idea of salt acclimation:”
The Washington Post: Salty talk: Readers respond to my week of low sodium
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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