adjustment

ad·just·ment  (-jstmnt)

n.

1. The act of adjusting or the state of being adjusted.

2. A means of adjusting.

3. Settlement of a debt or claim.

4. A modification, fluctuation, or correction: made an adjustment on the telephone bill; an adjustment in the consumer price index.

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adjustment

Noun

1. a slight alteration

2. the act of adjusting

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adjustment - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances accommodation, fitting readjustment - the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) domestication - accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication" habituation - a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions betterment, improvement, advance - a change for the better; progress in development shakedown - initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"
	2.	adjustment - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) modification, alteration laxation, loosening - the act of making something less tight tightening - the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" accommodation - (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye adaptation - (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) tune - the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
	3.	adjustment - the act of adjusting something to match a standard readjustment, registration calibration, standardisation, standardization - the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration" alignment - the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other collimation - the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope temperament - an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys tune-up - adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing, synchronisation - an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison voicing - the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
	4.	adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) adaption, adaptation acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization - adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) dedifferentiation - the loss of specialization in form or function domestication - adaptation to intimate association with human beings biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms specialisation, specialization, differentiation - (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
	5.	adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" allowance cost-of-living allowance - an allowance for changes in the consumer price index depreciation allowance - an allowance for loss due to depreciation deduction, discount - an amount or percentage deducted seasonal adjustment - a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year; "seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter" tare - an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods recompense - payment or reward (as for service rendered)

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adjustment

noun 1. alteration, setting, change, ordering, fixing, arrangement, tuning, repair, conversion, modifying, adaptation, modification, remodelling, redress, refinement, rectification

noun 2. acclimatization, settling in, orientation, familiarization, change, regulation, settlement, amendment, reconciliation, adaptation, accustoming, revision, modification, naturalization, acculturation, harmonization, habituation, acclimation, inurement

Translations

adjustment [əˈdʒʌstmənt] n → modificación f; arreglo; [of prices, wages] → ajuste m

adjustment [əˈdʒʌstmənt] adjust n [of machine] → ajustage m, réglage m [of prices, wages]; rajustement m [of person]; adaptation f

adjustment [əˈdʒʌstmənt] adjust n → Anpassung f;

(to machine) → Einstellung f

adjustment [əˈdʒʌstmənt] n → adattamento; [of prices, wages] → aggiustamento