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acclimatization|əˌklaɪmətaɪˈzeɪʃɛn| [f. acclimatize + -ation.] The process of acclimatizing, or of being acclimatized, or habituated to a new climate. Also attrib., as ‘the Acclimatization Society.’
1830Lyell Princ. of Geol. (1875) II. iii. xxxvii. 320 This acclimatization has been the result of Natural Selection during thousands of generations. 1878J. Buller New Zealand i. Introd. 17 In the acclimatization gardens our British song-birds..are now finding a home. 1880Gunther Fishes 185 The first successful attempts of acclimatisation were made with domestic species. 2. An example of acclimatization; a thing which has been acclimatized.
1864Owen Power of God 43 The bird which we call turkey..was one of our best acclimatisations after the discovery of the New World. |