| 单词 | in adjustment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin adjustment b. The fact, state, or condition of being adjusted. In early use also: a settlement, an agreement. Also in in adjustment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > state of being put in proper order adjustment1674 the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] accordc1275 assentc1400 agreement1427 appointment?1440 agreec1475 condition1483 covin1489 agreeance1525 concluding1530 compaction1534 indenture1540 conjurea1547 obsignation?1555 conclusion1569 engage1589 astipulation1595 adstipulation1598 agreation1598 tractation1600 closing1606 dispatch1612 combinationa1616 engagement1617 closure1647 covenantinga1649 adjustment1674 1674 J. Evelyn Navigation & Commerce 113 What interruptions happen'd, upon our Neighbours desires of coming to an adjustment for the Indulgences they had found, is universally known. 1689 London Gaz. mmcccclxv/3 The Business of Holstein was in a very fair way to an Adjustment. 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 11 Apr. 1/1 Say if there be not a Connexion, an Adjustment, an exact and constant Order discoverable in all the Parts of it. 1798 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1834) I. 5 A regular mode of bringing to an amicable adjustment..any questions which might hereafter arise. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. ii. 33 To ascertain that they [sc. balances] really are in adjustment..; and that after vibrating freely they take a horizontal position. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iii. iii. 321 The prices obtained for the produce..cause everything to be in a state of perfect adjustment. 1903 J. London Call of Wild vii. 208 Every part, brain and body,..was keyed to the most exquisite pitch; and between all the parts there was a perfect equilibrium or adjustment. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ix. 95 A single erecting prism will remain in adjustment with more certainty than will a set of cemented erecting lenses. 2005 M. Joseph Collector Car Restoration Bible xv. 217/2 There is a rumor abroad..that if a pinion gear has its outer edge brought exactly flush with the inner edge of its ring gear, it will be in adjustment. < as lemmas |
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