acclimation

adaptation of an organism to its climatic environment: acclimation to the cold

Not to be confused with:

acclamation – enthusiastic approval: The performance was met with acclamation.

ac·cli·ma·tion

(ăk′lə-mā′shən)

1. The process of acclimating or of becoming acclimated.

2. Acclimatization.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

acclimation - adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

acclimatisation, acclimatization

adaption, adaptation, adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

acclimation

noun

Adjustment to a changing environment:

acclimatization.

Biology: adaptation.

Translations

Assimilation

acclimazione

ac·cli·ma·ti·za·tion

, acclimation

n. aclimatación.

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This volume reviews the features of cyanobacterial genetic systems responsible for acclimation to a changing environment, including the two-component regulatory system, eukaryotic-type serine-threonine protein kinases, sigma subunits of RNA polymerase, transcription factors, and other regulators and gene expression in response to various factors.

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