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Noun adjustment has 5 senses
- adjustment, accommodation, fitting - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
--1 is a kind of improvement, betterment, advance
--1 has particulars: shakedown
- alteration, modification, adjustment - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
--2 is a kind of change
--2 has particulars:
- adjustment, registration, readjustment - the act of adjusting something to match a standard
--3 is a kind of calibration, standardization, standardisation
--3 has particulars:
- adaptation, adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
--4 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--4 has particulars:
- allowance, adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
--5 is a kind of recompense
--5 has particulars:
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