acclimation
Acclimation is when you adjust to a new climate or situation. You could say that your acclimation to living in a new country has been harder than you expected.
The process of acclimation is all about the way that a person or other organism adapts to a new environment. In science, acclimation describes a specific process, the biological changes an animal or plant makes in response to a change, like trees' acclimation to an increase in carbon dioxide. In people, acclimation is more about adjusting to something new — like a child's acclimation to having a new baby sister.
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adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)synonyms: acclimatisation, acclimatizationtype of:adaptation, adaption, adjustmentthe process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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Vocabulary lists containing acclimation
Because his family is in witness protection, fifteen-year-old Nick Pearson (not his real name) is supposed to remain low-key, but he has trouble doing that when another member of the Stepton High newspaper uncovers some secrets.
After her death, fifteen-year-old Liz ends up in a strange place called Elsewhere, where she will have to live her life in reverse until she becomes a baby again.