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Definition: Acclimatisation |
AcclimatisationNoun1. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acclimatisation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Synonyms: AcclimatisationSynonyms: acclimation (n), acclimatization (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acclimatisation |
| Specialty definitions using "acclimatisation": altitude acclimatisation. (references) |
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| "Acclimatisation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acclimatisation" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "acclimatisation": altitude acclimatisation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "acclimatisation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 风土化 (Acclimatization). (various references) | |
Danish | tilpasningstid (acclimatisation period), højdetilpasning (altitude acclimatisation). (various references) | |
Dutch | aanpassingstijd (acclimatisation period), aanpassing aan het verblijf op grotere hoogten (altitude acclimatisation). (various references) | |
Finnish | korkeustottuminen (altitude acclimatisation). (various references) | |
French | accoutumance l'altitude (altitude acclimatisation), acclimatation l'altitude (altitude acclimatation, altitude acclimatisation), temps d'adaptation (acclimatisation period). (various references) | |
German | Höhenanpassung (altitude acclimatation, altitude acclimatisation), Einarbeitungszeit (acclimatisation period). (various references) | |
Greek | εγκλιματισμός στο ύψος (altitude acclimatisation). (various references) | |
Italian | acclimazione (acclimation, acclimatization). (various references) | |
Korean | 기후 응 (Acclimatization). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acclimatisationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aclimatização altitude (altitude acclimatisation). (various references) | |
Spanish | aclimatización a la altura (altitude acclimatisation). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: acclamations, acclimations. | |
-4 letters: acclamation, acclimation, animalistic, limitations, mastication, miscitation. | |
-5 letters: anatomical, antisocial, catatonias, catatonics, ciliations, citational, imitations, lactations, limitation, simoniacal, solicitant, tacticians, talismanic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: acclimatizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6C 69 6D 61 74 69 73 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. .-.. .. -- .- - .. ... .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101100 01101001 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c l i m a t i s a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006C 0069 006D 0061 0074 0069 0073 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356969787579678675856786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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