Friday, August 1, 2008

Acclimate

  • The adaptation of an organism to environmental changes.
  • Introducing a plant to different environmental conditions to allow it to adapt.
  • acclimatize: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"
  • Acclimatization is the process of an organism adjusting to chronic change in its environment, often involving temperature, moisture, food, often relating to seasonal climate changes. (In laboratory conditions, this process is controlled to one variable change only and is termed "Acclimation").
  • To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize

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