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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)
Familiarity information: ACCLIMATISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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