adjustment

[əˈdʒʌstmənt]

Definition:
1. A small change made to something in order to correct or improve it.
2. A change in the way a person behaves or thinks.
3. Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.

Use 'adjustment' in a sentence:

1. The mechanic made the necessary adjustments to the engine.
2. The United States and other western countries have experienced adjustment problems with each new wave of immigrants.
3. But which adjustment?
4. That would definitely fall within the price adjustment window.
5. Controlling both the quantity and intensity2 of energy and resources consumption is necessary to promote adjustment of the economic structure and protect the environment.
6. Analysis and Adjustment to the System of Business Capital Structure.
7. Low pressure drop. Micrometer adjustment. Flanged with threaded companion flange.
8. Over 90 percent said the government demonstrated good transparency and adjustment of policies to suit actual conditions were effective, according to the survey conducted in the second half of last year.
9. This is simply not a large enough group to reduce the social stigmaand force other adjustments necessary to supporting men in this decision, even if only for a relatively short time.
10. Establishing free education in high schools is helpful for the adjustment and transformation4 of the economic structure, and is particularly beneficial for attracting investment.
11. This reflexive adjustment is totally absent during NREM sleep.
12. One of the first measures proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress.
13. It clearly showed that while likability can lead to healthy adjustment, high status has just the opposite effect on us.
14. Bunker Adjustment Factor reflects the movement in the marketplace for bunkers.
15. The front end is equipped with hydraulic jacks used for grade adjustment.
16. These adjustments encourage employers in the knowledge and talent industries to keep their offices downtown.
17. Discuss acid adjustment, chaptalization and dealcoholisation with regard to balance in wine.
18. But the adjustment was a hard slog.
19. The Agricultural Adjustment Act was subsequently passed by Congress.
20. Jean was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation.
21. Article 33 A lawsuit brought for general average shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the ship first docked or where the adjustment of general average was conducted or where the voyage ended.
22. And then a period of painful economic adjustment.
23. He just needs a period of adjustment.
24. Some people hold the wrong idea that donating blood does harm to the donor's health, but the truth is that when a small amount of blood is taken out, the body will make a quick adjustment to it.
25. Michiya Matsusaki said that with these adjustments, customers might one day be able to order a cultured cut of meat with the amount of fat they desire, tailor-made to their tastes and health concerns.
26. "It clearly showed that while likability can lead to healthy adjustment, high status has just the opposite effect on us ．"
27. He will have to make major adjustments to his thinking if he is to survive in office.
28. I did not grow up with dogs, which meant that my older daughter's unyielding determination to get one required some adjustment on my part.
29. But adjustment is not collapse.
30. In some cases, you must account for the hour added or subtracted; in other cases no adjustment is needed.
31. While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial, Morgan wrote to the presidents.
32. It is not easy to make an adjustment to the machine.
33. Except for a few complaints about low water pressure, no problems with showers have been reported since the adjustment.
34. Who pays for the adjustment?
35. The term is most commonly used in the context of head-to-toe ( or nearly) shots involving nudity. More specific terms are often used in special cases; a stunt adjustments.
36. Buying forward delivery housing should consider policy adjustment.
37. The nutritional and health crises that followed the policy of structural adjustment, he says, led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their full potential in terms of height.
38. It mainly resulted from structural adjustments in the agriculture industry and the country's greening project.
39. China needs to strike a balance between maintaining a relatively fast and stable development and making economic structural adjustment.
40. The arrangement of the light industry in the province needs adjustment.
41. Sino-Russian border trade is a60-year journey from small to big and from weak to strong, and is a true portrayal of the economic transition adjustment.
42. Compensation could be made by adjustments to taxation.
43. Under modern conditions of communication and transportation, population adjustment is maintained by a ceaseless process of individual migrations.
44. The dynamic adjustment to low oil prices may, however, be different this time around.
45. Investment is up by 5.7% after adjustment for inflation.
46. The dynamic of the market demands constant change and adjustment.
47. The English made a major adjustment to opera and exported what they had done to opera back to Italy.
48. She was praised for her ability to convey subtle adjustment of emotion.
49. I've made a few adjustments to the design.
50. Some adjustment of the lens may be necessary.
51. Adjustment to their changing role and position in society can be painful for some old people.
52. She went through a period of emotional adjustment after her marriage broke up.
53. The arrangement of light industry in the province needs adjustment.