acclimatization
acclimatization
nounDefinition of ACCLIMATIZATION
the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation <the acclimatization of the immigrants to the culture of their adopted homeland has proven to be unexpectedly difficult>
Related Words readaptation, readjustment; attunement, correction, harmonization; alteration, conversion, makeover, modification, refit, revision, transformation
Near Antonyms maladaptation
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