ad·just·ment /əˈʤʌs(t)mənt/
 調整,調節,校正


 ad·just·ment /əˈʤəs(t)mənt/ 名詞
 調節,調整


 adjustment
 調整


 adjustment
 調整


 Ad·just·ment n.
 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 Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
 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.

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 adjustment
      n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
           [syn: accommodation, fitting]
      2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
         garment) [syn: alteration, modification]
      3: the act of adjusting something to match a standard [syn: registration,
          readjustment]
      4: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental
         conditions) [syn: adaptation]
      5: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying
         circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: allowance]