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Princeton's WordNet

  1. acclimatization, acclimatisation, acclimationnoun

    adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

Wiktionary

  1. acclimatizationnoun

    The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

  2. acclimatizationnoun

    The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.

Wikipedia

  1. Acclimatization

    Acclimatization or acclimatisation (also called acclimation or acclimatation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain fitness across a range of environmental conditions. Acclimatization occurs in a short period of time (hours to weeks), and within the organism's lifetime (compared to adaptation, which is evolution, taking place over many generations). This may be a discrete occurrence (for example, when mountaineers acclimate to high altitude over hours or days) or may instead represent part of a periodic cycle, such as a mammal shedding heavy winter fur in favor of a lighter summer coat. Organisms can adjust their morphological, behavioral, physical, and/or biochemical traits in response to changes in their environment. While the capacity to acclimate to novel environments has been well documented in thousands of species, researchers still know very little about how and why organisms acclimate the way that they do.

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  1. acclimatization

    Acclimatization is the process in which an organism or individual adjusts to a change in its environment, such as temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or altitude, allowing them to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions. It involves physiological, biochemical, and behavioral adaptations. This process can occur in both humans and animals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Acclimatizationnoun

    the act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured

Wikidata

  1. Acclimatization

    Acclimatization, or acclimation in English-speaking countries other than the US, is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a gradual change in its environment, allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions. Acclimatization occurs in a short period of time, and within the organism's lifetime. This may be a discrete occurrence or may instead represent part of a periodic cycle, such as a mammal shedding heavy winter fur in favor of a lighter summer coat. Organisms can adjust their morphological, behavioral, physical, and/or biochemical traits in response to changes in their environment. While the capacity to acclimate to novel environments has been well documented in thousands of species, researchers still know very little about how and why organisms acclimate the way that they do.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Acclimatization

    Adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old.

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    The numerical value of acclimatization in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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    The numerical value of acclimatization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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    Acclimatization can decrease the risk of heat illness, which includes symptoms like nausea, fatigue, fainting etc..

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