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Meanings of adjustment in English

Portuguese
ajustamento

Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.

        ajustamento
        Portuguese
        modificação
        Catalan
        modificació
        Spanish
        alteración

        The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

              modificação
              Portuguese
              reajuste
              Catalan
              reajustament

              The act of adjusting something to match a standard.

                    reajuste
                    Portuguese
                    adaptação
                    Catalan
                    adaptació
                    Spanish
                    adaptación

                    The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

                          adaptação
                          Usage of adjustment in English
                          1
                          It will also support an IMF adjustment programme, a Commission statement said.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Similar results were seen for mortality after adjustment for Framingham risk factors.
                          Pubmed
                          3
                          These survivors are at risk for short and long-term psychological adjustment problems.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          The method is inductive and therefore independent of any particular risk-adjustment technique.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          The identified risk factors will aid in surgical planning and risk adjustment.
                          Pubmed
                          6
                          However, these results were no longer significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
                          Pubmed
                          7
                          The elements of the risk score may need adjustment in different settings.
                          Pubmed
                          8
                          However, previous studies are limited by lack of adjustment for important confounders.
                          Pubmed
                          9
                          A period of painful adjustment is simply going to have to happen.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          However, the association was no longer significant after adjustment for psychiatric symptoms.
                          Pubmed
                          11
                          These effects remained significant following adjustment for a number of confounding variables.
                          Pubmed
                          12
                          Perhaps one day we will learn that Newton's gravity indeed requires adjustment.
                          Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
                          13
                          Further adjustment for family history of diabetes did not alter the results.
                          Pubmed
                          14
                          Dose adjustment of vicriviroc is therefore not necessary in renally impaired populations.
                          Pubmed
                          15
                          After further adjustment for clinical risk factors and medications, results were similar.
                          Pubmed
                          16
                          This association persisted after adjustment for individual-level income, education, and health behaviours.
                          Pubmed
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                          Translations for adjustment
                          Adjustment through the time
                          Adjustment across language varieties
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