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Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation..

Feather :: Feather (n.) The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water..

Misadjust :: Misadjust (v. t.) To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of adjustment.

Line :: Line (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line..

Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Register :: Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary..

Justification :: "Justification (n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment..

Preadjustment :: Preadjustment (n.) Previous adjustment.

Horopter :: Horopter (n.) The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged..

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected..

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment..

Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc..

Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2..

Readjustment :: Readjustment (n.) A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

Coaptation :: Coaptation (n.) The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..

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