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ACCLIMATISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acclimatisation mean? 

ACCLIMATISATION (noun)
  The noun ACCLIMATISATION has 1 sense:

1. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)play

  Familiarity information: ACCLIMATISATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACCLIMATISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

acclimation; acclimatisation; acclimatization

Hypernyms ("acclimatisation" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

acclimatise (get used to a certain climate)


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