Acclimatization

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  • noun. The physiological adaptation of an animal or plant to changes in climate or environment, such as light, temperature, or altitude.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of acclimatizing, or state of being acclimatized; the modification of physical constitution which enables a race or an individual to live in health in a foreign climate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
  • noun. The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)