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What does acclimate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word acclimate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
  2. (transitive) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
  3. (intransitive) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
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Overwintering herbaceous plants or evergreen trees can only survive the winter seasons of cold climates when they are able to acclimate.
But to acclimate to life here, they often blend into the mainstream, becoming invisible.
As with the photosynthetic apparatus, stomata can acclimate to long-term variation in CO2 supply.
If the individual is unable to acclimate to the LPF, or move away from it, then symptoms of stress and eventually death will occur.
Slow-to-warm-up children need time to acclimate to a new environment and time to watch others do activities first.
It's important to try to help foreign students acclimate to American universities.

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