English-Thai Dictionary

adjustment

N การ ปรับเปลี่ยน  alteration modification kan-prap-plian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADJUSTMENT

n.The act of adjusting; regulation; a reducing to just form or order; a making fit or conformable; settlement.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADJUSTMENT

Ad *just "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ajustement. See Adjust. ]

 

1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham.

 

3. The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.

 

Syn. -- Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement; adaptation; disposition.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adjustment

ad just ment |əˈjəstmənt əˈʤʌstmənt | ▶noun a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result: I've made a few adjustments to my diet | only slight adjustments to the boat are necessary. • the process of adapting or becoming used to a new situation: for many couples there may need to be a period of adjustment.

 

Oxford Dictionary

adjustment

ad ¦just |ment |əˈdʒʌs (t )m (ə )nt | ▶noun a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result: I've made a few adjustments to my diet | only slight adjustments to the boat are necessary. • [ mass noun ] the process of adapting or becoming used to a new situation: for many couples there may need to be a period of adjustment.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adjustment

adjustment noun 1 a period of adjustment: adaptation, accommodations, acclimatization, acclimation, habituation, acculturation, naturalization, assimilation. 2 they had to make some adjustments to their strategy: modification, alteration, regulation, adaptation, rearrangement, change, reconstruction, customization, refinement; repair, correction, amendment, overhaul, improvement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adjustment

adjustment noun 1 new teachers face a challenging period of adjustment: adaptation, adapting, accustoming, accommodation, accommodating, acclimatization, reconciliation, inurement, habituation, habituating, familiarization, acculturation, naturalization, assimilation, assimilating, harmonization; settling in, settling down; N. Amer. acclimation. 2 the car will run on unleaded petrol with no adjustment: modification, modifying, alteration, adaptation, regulation, regulating, rearrangement, change, converting, conversion; remodelling, revamping, restyling, reshaping, reconstruction, transformation, variation, customization, tailoring, refinement, refining; fixing, mending, repair, correction, correcting, amendment, amending, rectifying, overhauling, overhaul, improvement; informal jiggering, tweaking, twiddling, patching up.

 

Duden Dictionary

Adjustment

Ad just ment Substantiv, Neutrum Psychologie , das |ɛˈd͜ʃastmənt |das Adjustment; Genitiv: des Adjustments, Plural: die Adjustments englisch Anpassung an Forderungen der Bezugsgruppe oder der Gesellschaft

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adjustment

ad just ment /ədʒʌ́s (t )mənt /→adjust 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /U 〖具体例では 可算 〗1 «…への /…に応じた » 調整 , 修正, 調節 (装置 ) «to /for » ; «…を考慮した » (数値などの )補正 «for » ▸ a seat height adjustment 座席の高さ調節機能 ▸ make final [slight, minor ] adjustments to the equipment 装置に最終 [微 ]調整を施す 2 «…への » 慣れ , 適応 [順応 ] «to » ▸ the student's adjustment to college life 学生の大学生活への適応 ▸ a period of adjustment to new environments 新しい環境への適応期間 3 調停 ; (保険金の )清算 .