Definition of adjustment

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Adjustment (n.) The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation..

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Line :: Line (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line..
Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement..
Maladjustment :: Maladjustment (n.) A bad adjustment.
Tune :: Tune (n.) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..
Misadjustment :: Misadjustment (n.) Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.
Readjustment :: Readjustment (n.) A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
Composure :: Composure (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
Fit :: Fit (n.) The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
Coadjustment :: Coadjustment (n.) Mutual adjustment.
Collimation :: Collimation (n.) The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument..
Misadjust :: Misadjust (v. t.) To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of adjustment.
Transaction :: Transaction (n.) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.
Register :: Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary..
Reliquidation :: Reliquidation (n.) A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.
Disposal :: Disposal (n.) Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.
Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
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