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ACCLIMATIZE [2 records]

Record 1 2005-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

To adapt to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation.

CONT

Have you ever brought a houseplant back into the house for the winter after it spent a summer outside and all its leaves fall off? That's because you didn't give it a chance to acclimate or slowly get use to its new environment. You wouldn't poor iced water into a hot glass. Same thing goes for plants. Let them get adjusted to their new environment slowly.

CONT

Acclimate yourself, your children, and your pets to the new area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Accoutumer un être vivant, végétal ou animal, à vivre sous un nouveau climat[, un milieu géographique différent].

OBS

Parmi les ouvrages consultés, seul le Dictionnaire encyclopédique d'agrométéorologie (DENAG) restreint le sens du verbe «acclimater» à «l'accoutumance à un nouveau climat». La majorité des ouvrages donne un sens plus large à ce terme, soit «habituer un organisme vivant à un nouveau milieu biologique».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Hacer que un individuo propio de un medio ambiente determinado se adapte a otro distinto.

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Record 2 2001-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • acclimater

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
Key term(s)
  • aclimatar
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