ADJUSTMENT
\ɐd͡ʒˈʌstmənt], \ɐdʒˈʌstmənt], \ɐ_dʒ_ˈʌ_s_t_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ADJUSTMENT
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
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The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.
By Oddity Software
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Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
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The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.
By Noah Webster.
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Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The arrangement for bringing into focus the object under a microscope; the coarse a. is effected usually by a rack-and-pinion arrangement, the fine a. by a screw. 2. A chiropractic term for the reduction of subluxated vertebrae in order to relieve pressure on one or more of the spinal nerves.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of adjusting; arrangement; settlement.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The process of setting right, regulating, arranging. Said of the mechanism for raising or lowering the tube of a compound microscope. It is coarse if the screw raises or lowers the tube quickly and fine if it raises or lowers it slowly. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of reducing to order or due conformity ; arrangement ; settlement.
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