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Acclimation   /ˌækləmˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Acclimation

noun
1.
Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).  Synonyms: acclimatisation, acclimatization.






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"Acclimation" Quotes from Famous Books



... observed peculiarities in their acclimation which are hardly known at all, and which must have a scientific importance. The subject might also be worthy of general interest, so numerous and familiar have the sparrows become all ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 • Various

... localities may be equally good for fruit, with suitable care in acclimating the tree and preparing the soil. Thus the rich prairies of central Illinois are often said not to be adapted to fruit. Give time to raise fruits from the seed, and to apply the principles of acclimation, and those rich prairies will be among the great fruit-growing regions of the world. Two things are essential to successful fruit-culture, on all the alluvial soils of the Northwest: raise from seed, and prune closely and ...
— Soil Culture • J. H. Walden



Words linked to "Acclimation" :   acclimate, adjustment, adaption, adaptation



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