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Webster 1913 Edition
Adjustment
1.
The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
Success depends on the nicest and minutest
adjustment
of the parts concerned. Paley.
2.
(Law)
Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
Bispham.
3.
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
.
Syn. – Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement; adaptation; disposition.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adjustment
ADJUST'MENT
,Noun.