acclimatisation


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Noun1.acclimatisation - adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)acclimatisation - adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
adaption, adaptation, adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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Translations
تَأقْلُم
aîlögun aî nÿjum aîstæîum

acclimatize,

acclimatise

(əˈklaimətaiz) verb
to make or become accustomed to a new climate, new surroundings etc. It took him several months to become acclimatized to the heat.
acˌclimatiˈzation, acˌclimatiˈsation noun
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Effects of external conditions -- Use and disuse, combined with natural selection; organs of flight and of vision -- Acclimatisation -- Correlation of growth -- Compensation and economy of growth -- False correlations -- Multiple, rudimentary, and lowly organised structures variable -- Parts developed in an unusual manner are highly variable: specific characters more variable than generic: secondary sexual characters variable -- Species of the same genus vary in an analogous manner -- Reversions to long lost characters -- Summary.
Acclimatisation. -- Habit is hereditary with plants, as in the period of flowering, in the amount of rain requisite for seeds to germinate, in the time of sleep, &c., and this leads me to say a few words on acclimatisation.
How much of the acclimatisation of species to any peculiar climate is due to mere habit, and how much to the natural selection of varieties having different innate constitutions, and how much to both means combined, is a very obscure question.
Summary: Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], Jun 16 (ANI): The acclimatisation process of 20 Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) mountaineers, who have been sent to retrieve the bodies of eight mountaineers, including an Indian, who went missing while they were on an expedition to a Nanda Devi East peak on May 26, is underway.
Sadpara said summit of Lhotse was not part of his plan, but he did the adventure as part of acclimatisation. After Lhotse summit, Sadpara started his adventure to climb Makalu on May 20.
We fly out on Friday and the trek starts on the Sunday - we have a day of acclimatisation. The 75km trek will be taking place over three days - we have to pull our own stuff and sleep in tents.
As acclimatisation work it doubtless did the trick, with 89.5 overs in energy-sapping humidity, 14 of their 16 fit players taking the field and eight turning their arm over.
The overall 2018 GDP of the MENA region is expected to drop by 20 points to 3.2 per cent due to the continuous financial acclimatisation and geopolitical risks that affect oil exporters, the report said, adding that the GDP for the region in 2019 is expected to increase by 30 base points to 3.6 per cent which is attributed to the oil production increase after the expiry of OPEC Oil Production Cut Agreement.
"Listen, mate," my conscience would batteries, we'll the past 10 vital period acclimatisation say, "you're meant to be having a lifechanging experience, not just a bloomin' long holiday.
Very high altitude is defined as being above 3 500 m, where simple physiological compensation is no longer sufficient to maintain oxygenation, and gradual acclimatisation is required.
With the rise to prominence of invasion biology and great efforts worldwide to stem the proliferation of invasive alien species, acclimatisation of non-indigenous species has become a widely contested and often illegal activity.