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acclimate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acclimatise, acclimatize |
| Type of | adapt, adjust, conform |
| Derivation | acclimation, climate |
Examples of acclimate
acclimate
The theory is the players acclimate more quickly because they get right to work.
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Students use wheelchairs and walkers to acclimate the dogs to myriad equipment.
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Rather than acclimate to the cold, I get progressively colder as winter wears on.
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Part of the story remains in how they acclimate after they emerged from the mine.
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We know plants acclimate to their surroundings over an extended period of time.
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You'll want to read Generation X or Microserfs first to acclimate to the style.
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But there are certain levels of poverty that you have to acclimate yourself to.
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You may want to acclimate to big beer gardens as if you were climbing Everest.
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By arriving a week before play begins, he can acclimate to the warmer weather.
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- Acclimatize: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"
- Acclimatization or acclimation is the process of an individual organism adjusting to change in its environment, allowing it to survive changes in temperature, water and food availability, other stresses and often relates to seasonal weather changes. ...
- (acclimated) accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
- (Acclimating) Allowing wood to adjust to the humidity in your home - wood expands and contracts based on the amount of moisture in the air.
- (Acclimation) the process of slowly introducing a fish to new water conditions.
- (Acclimation) letting flooring adjust to the environment in which it will be installed. This is crucial to prevent excessive expansion or contraction due to humidity in the air or other job conditions.
- (acclimation) The adjustment to changes in the climate or environment. Some materials may need time to acclimate before they are positioned in a kitchen or bath.
- (Acclimation) The act of allowing wood moisture content to become at equilibrium with the environment in which it will perform. (See EMC, Equilibrium Moisture Content)
- (Acclimation) Given a change of a single parameter, a readjustment of the physiology of an organism, reaching a new steady state.
