 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjustment
noun
1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
[syn: {accommodation}, {fitting}]
2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
garment) [syn: {alteration}, {modification}]
3: the act of adjusting something to match a standard [syn: {registration},
{readjustment}]
4: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental
conditions) [syn: {adaptation}]
5: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying
circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: {allowance}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjustment \Ad*just"ment\ (-ment), noun [Cf. F. ajustement. See
{Adjust}.]
1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act
of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
Success depends on the nicest and minutest
adjustment of the parts concerned. --Paley.
2. (Law) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of
conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution,
exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. --Bispham.
3. 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.
Syn: Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement;
adaptation; disposition.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
192 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjustment":
abatement of differences, about-face, acclimation, acclimatization,
accommodation, accord, accordance, accustoming, acquiescence,
adaptation, adaption, adjusting, adjustive reaction, agreement,
alignment, alteration, altering, amelioration, apostasy,
arrangement, assimilation, attunement, bad condition, balance,
bargain, bearings, betterment, break, breaking, breaking-in,
calibrating, calibration, case hardening, change, change of heart,
changeableness, charting, closing, coaptation, codification,
compliance, composition, composition of differences, compromise,
concession, conclusion, conditioning, conformance,
conformation other-direction, conformity, congruity, consistency,
constructive change, continuity, conventionality, conversion,
coordination, cop-out, correcting, correction, correspondence,
deal, defection, degeneration, degenerative change,
desertion of principle, deterioration, deviation, difference,
discontinuity, disorientation, divergence, diversification,
diversion, diversity, domestication, enablement, equalization,
equalizing, equating, equation, equilibration, equipment,
evasion of responsibility, evening, evening up, familiarization,
fettle, fit, fitting, flexibility, flip-flop, form, fulfillment,
furnishing, give-and-take, giving way, good condition,
gradual change, habituation, hardening, harmonization, harmony,
housebreaking, improvement, integrated personality, integration,
inurement, keeping, line, malleability, melioration, methodization,
mitigation, modification, modulation, mutual concession,
naturalization, normalization, obedience, observance, order,
ordination, organization, orientation, orthodoxy, overthrow,
planning, pliancy, psychosynthesis, qualification, radical change,
rationalization, re-creation, readjustment, realignment,
reconcilement, reconciliation, redesign, reform, reformation,
regularization, regulating, regulation, rehabilitation, remaking,
renewal, repair, reshaping, resolution, restructuring, reversal,
revival, revivification, revolution, routinization, sealing,
seasoning, setting, settlement, shape, shift, signature, signing,
solemnization, squaring, strictness, sudden change, surrender,
switch, synchronization, syntonic personality, systematization,
taming, terms, timing, total change, traditionalism, training,
transition, trim, tuning, turn, turnabout, understanding,
uniformity, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change,
worsening, yielding
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