Lexic.us

Definition of Acclimatization

1. Noun. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).

Definition of Acclimatization

1. n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

Definition of Acclimatization

1. Noun. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. ¹

2. Noun. (context: biology) The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acclimatization

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Acclimatization

1. Adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acclimatization

Literary usage of Acclimatization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Science (1864)
"But either the veteran systematist must have made a false estimate of the true nature and objects of acclimatization, or he must have judged of the facts by ..."

2. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"Acclimatization: DOES IT OCCUR?1 THE question is asked in the June Garden, if acclimatization does ever really occur. The question is suggested by the ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"The Acclimatization Societies of Paris and London have, ... This branch of acclimatization would, indeed, seem likely to be the most fertile in results ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1898)
"( ) Acclimatization OF EUROPEANS IN TROPICAL LANDS.» By Dr. L. WESTENRA SAMBON. THE problem of tropical colonization is one of the most important and ..."

5. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1897)
"Acclimatization OF ORGANISMS TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES The phenomena to be discussed ... Acclimatization to Heat. — Our study of the maximum temperature which ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"On Plant-Acclimatization in /Scotland, ... illustrate certain points in connexion with plant-acclimatization in Scotland that have not attracted that degree ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... later statistics cease to have a definite waning with regard to acclimatization. We have here a population which doubled itself every twenty-two years; ..."

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