单词 | adjustation |
释义 | adjustationn. The action or process of adjusting (in various senses of the verb); adjustment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in order to conform > to a standard or purpose reductionc1443 temper?1523 adjustment1644 adjustation1669 1669 J. Webb Hist. Ess. Lang. China 151 For adjustation of time and action, he more valued one Antique Inscription, than an hundred arguments of the Schooles. 1809 Universal Mag. Feb. 97/2 He cannot perceive that nice adjustation of means to their ends, which prevails. 1866 J. B. Rose in tr. Virgil Ecl. & Georgics 150 The difficulty in the Roman adjustation of the year was that they had not our hours, minutes, and seconds. 1913 Eccl. Rev. Jan. 108 The quarter of a century following the early 'forties was a period of adjustation and expansion to meet the sudden and rapid influx of population. 1999 J. Zvárová et al. in P. Kokol et al. Med. Informatics 575 (heading) Standardization and adjustation of the ExaMe tests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1669 |
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