ACCLIMATIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acclimatization mean? 

• ACCLIMATIZATION (noun)
  The noun ACCLIMATIZATION has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCLIMATIZATION (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 ("acclimatization" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

acclimatize (get used to a certain climate)