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Definition of Acclimatisation
1. Noun. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).
Generic synonyms: Adaptation, Adaption, Adjustment
Derivative terms: Acclimate, Acclimatise, Acclimatize
Definition of Acclimatisation
1. Noun. Alternative spelling of acclimatization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Acclimatisation
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Literary usage of Acclimatisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1882)
"Effects of changed conditions — Use and disuse, combined with natural selection;
organs of flight and of vision — Acclimatisation — Correlated variation ..."
2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1892)
"These may bo grouped under the effects of use and disuse, including changed habits
and acclimatisation —arrest of development—correlated variation—tho ..."
3. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"THE acclimatisation of fish is, it may be stated in commencing an article on ...
Again, in order to render acclimatisation a success large-sized fish should ..."
4. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1890)
"Acclimatisation IN VICTORIA. By WHD LE SOUEF, Assistant Director of the Zoological
Society, Melbourne. THE subject of Acclimatisation is a record of great ..."
5. Variation in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1903)
"Adaptability a fundamental property of protoplasm—Instances of adaptive variation
in plants—Acclimatisation of Protozoa to high temperature, to poisons, ..."