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Synonyms for adjustment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-juhst-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʒʌst mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for adjustment
Définition of adjustment
Origin :- 1640s, from French ajustement or else a native formation from adjust (v.) + -ment.
- noun adaptation
- noun financial retribution, payment of claim
- The adjustment is to be accomplished entirely by the poise of the body.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- "The recorder here was out of adjustment, sir," he said simply.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- But it's not adjustment to me; so I'm afraid I shall have some intelligence in this matter.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- Adjustment every moment demands the relation of the brain in both directions.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- That adjustment is only perfect for light of one wave-length.
- Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
- The lay-figure of Stephen's sketches now initiated an adjustment of many things.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Don sighed and made a minute adjustment on the synchro knob.
- Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
- As a result the adjustment of warp and weft is more or less disturbed.
- Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
- Hence, we must counteract the ocular deception by an adjustment of proportions.
- Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
- It is an adjustment according to quantity (in Greek ποσὁτης).
- Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
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