ADJUSTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjusted mean? 

• ADJUSTED (adjective)
  The adjective ADJUSTED has 4 senses:

1. altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation

2. adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability

3. having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

4. (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted

  Familiarity information: ADJUSTED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJUSTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation

Context example:

the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted

Similar:

focused (of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image)

weighted (adjusted to reflect value or proportion)

Antonym:

unadjusted (not altered to fit certain requirements)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability

Similar:

well-adjusted; well-balanced (free from psychological disorder)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Antonym:

maladjusted (poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

Synonyms:

adjusted; familiarised; familiarized

Similar:

orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted

Context example:

for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me

Similar:

altered (changed in form or character without becoming something else)

 Context examples 

The determination of the clearance of iothalamate and whose result is adjusted for body surface area.

(Iothalamate Clearance Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus)

Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual.

(Individualized, NCI Thesaurus)

These associations—which were adjusted for numerous factors including smoking, waist circumference, and chronic conditions—weren’t altered when the percentage of calories from fat or carbohydrate were considered.

(Protein Consumption Linked to Longevity, NIH)

Used in multiple comparison procedures to calculate an adjusted probability, alpha (a), of comparison-wise type I error from the desired probability aFW0 of family-wise type I error.

(Bonferroni Adjustment, NCI Thesaurus)

For those receiving testosterone gel, the dose was adjusted throughout the study period, if needed, to maintain the hormone level of a young man.

(Hormone treatment studied in older men, NIH)

The cosmological parameters are then adjusted so that all of the different clusters, with different masses and different distances, appear to be similar.

("Russian Doll" Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy, NASA)

The determination of the glomerular filtration rate by measurement of cystatin c clearance and whose result is adjusted for body surface area.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate from Cystatin C Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers calculated asthma risk using several models and adjusted for risk factors such as sex, age, socioeconomic status and allergies.

(Obesity May Be to Blame for Quarter of Asthma Cases in Children, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A measurement of the volume of serum or plasma that would be cleared of iothalamate by excretion of urine for a specified unit of time (e.g. one minute), adjusted for body size.

(Iothalamate Clearance Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Over time, your mouth will change and your dentures may need to be adjusted or replaced.

(Dentures, NIH: National Institute on Aging)