adjustment
noun
the act of adjusting; adaptation to a particular condition, position, or purpose.
preadjustment
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a word derived from
adjustment.
Example Sentences
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A similar effect of intellectual preadjustment is observable in the fainter degrees of illusion produced by pictorial art.
From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully
In the one case, we know that there is an erroneous preadjustment; and we can scarcely doubt that there is one in the other.
From The Philosophy of Style by Herbert Spencer
In memory, as in perception and introspection, there is a process of preparation or preadjustment of mind, and here will be found room for what I had called active error.
From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully
