Acclimatization

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acclimatization \Ac*cli"ma*ti*za"tion\
     ([a^]k`kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[i^]*z[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
     The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new
     climate, or the state of being so inured. --Darwin.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acclimatization
       n : adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude
           or environment) [syn: {acclimatisation}, {acclimation}]