readjustment
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re·ad·just
(rē′ə-jŭst′)tr.v. re·ad·just·ed, re·ad·just·ing, re·ad·justs
To adjust or arrange again.
re′ad·just′er n.
re′ad·just′ment n.
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Noun | 1. | readjustment - the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) |
2. | readjustment - the act of adjusting something to match a standard calibration, standardisation, standardization - the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration" 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 synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing, synchronisation - 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 |
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Translations
إعتِياد من جَديد
přizpůsobení
omstillingtilpasning
újraszabályozás
enduraîlögun
tekrar uyum sağlamayeniden alışma
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
readjustment
[ˌriːəˈdʒʌstmənt] n (= readapting) → réadaptation f
a period of readjustment → une période de réadaptation
readjustment to sth → réadaptation à qch
a period of readjustment → une période de réadaptation
readjustment to sth → réadaptation à qch
(= change) → réajustement fread-only [ˌriːdˈəʊnli] adj (COMPUTING) [file] → à lecture seuleread-only memory n (COMPUTING) → mémoire f morte
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
readjustment
n (of instrument, mechanism) → Neueinstellung f; (= correction) → Nachstellung f; (of prices, salary) → Anpassung f, → Neuregelung f; (of opinion) → Korrektur f; (of person) → Wiederanpassung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
readjust
(riːəˈdʒast) verb (with to) to get used again to (something one has not experienced for a time). Some soldiers find it hard to readjust to civilian life when they leave the army.
ˌreaˈdjustment nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.