READJUSTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does readjustment mean? 

• READJUSTMENT (noun)
  The noun READJUSTMENT has 2 senses:

1. the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)

2. the act of adjusting something to match a standard

  Familiarity information: READJUSTMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• READJUSTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("readjustment" is a kind of...):

accommodation; adjustment; fitting (making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)

Derivation:

readjust (adjust anew)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of adjusting something to match a standard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

adjustment; readjustment; registration

Hypernyms ("readjustment" is a kind of...):

calibration; standardisation; standardization (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "readjustment"):

alignment (the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other)

collimation (the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope)

temperament (an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys)

tune-up (adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance)

synchronisation; synchronising; synchronization; synchronizing (an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison)

voicing (the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color)