Definition of acclimation
: the process or result of acclimating; especially : physiological adjustment by an organism to environmental change
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a period of acclimation to the region's rising temperatures
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The acclimation process happens off the court, too.
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Once his quarantine and acclimation period is complete, Baridi will join 20-year-old Malaika in the giraffe yard outside.
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Months after the amputation, Hailey got her first prosthetic leg, which required a five- or six-month acclimation period.
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Ask your doctor about Diamox, which has been shown to speed acclimation and prevent mountain sickness.
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Jeansonne-Becka said the water at Shamu Stadium was temporarily gradually adjusted over several days to a safe water temperature for both species to help with their acclimation.
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Several of the students said the hardest acclimation was to Southern accents.
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The high altitude–nearly 12,000 feet–presented some logistical challenges in getting his vehicle up there from Brazil and required some acclimation because of the thin air.
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Character controls are identical to the campaign’s, flattening the acclimation curve, and most of the play concepts dovetail with stuff practiced for dozens of hours in the story.
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playMedical Definition of acclimation
: acclimatization especially by physiological adjustment of an organism to environmental change
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