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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1644]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of adjusting
*2 : a settlement of a claim or debt in a case in which the amount involved is uncertain or full payment is not made
*3 : the [[state]] of [[being]] adjusted
*4 : a means (as a [[mechanism]]) by which things are adjusted one to another
*5 : a correction or modification to reflect actual conditions
==Descriptions==
'''Adjustment''' (from late [[Latin]] ad-juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from Justus, right) means regulating, adapting or settling in a variety of [[contexts]]:
* Adjustment ([[law]]) has several [[meanings]]; many relate to insurance, contracts, or the resolution of disputes.
* In engineering, [[mathematics]], and geodesy, adjustment means the optimal [[parameter]] estimation of a [[mathematical model]] so as to best fit a [[data]] set. The most important [[method]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_squares least squares] adjustment, found by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss].
* In metrology, adjustment is the set of operations carried out on an instrument in order that it provides given indications corresponding to given [[values]] of the measurand.
* In [[psychology]], adjustment means the [[behavioral]] [[process]] of [[balancing]] [[conflicting]] needs, or needs against obstacles in the [[environment]]. [[Humans]] and [[animals]] regularly do this, for example, when they are stimulated by their physiological [[state]] to seek food, they eat (if possible) to reduce their hunger and thus adjust to the hunger stimulus. Adjustment disorder occurs when there is an inability to make a [[normal]] adjustment to some need or [[stress]] in the [[environment]].
* In [[statistics]], it is the [[compensation]] for confounding variables.
[[Category: General Reference]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1644]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of adjusting
*2 : a settlement of a claim or debt in a case in which the amount involved is uncertain or full payment is not made
*3 : the [[state]] of [[being]] adjusted
*4 : a means (as a [[mechanism]]) by which things are adjusted one to another
*5 : a correction or modification to reflect actual conditions
==Descriptions==
'''Adjustment''' (from late [[Latin]] ad-juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from Justus, right) means regulating, adapting or settling in a variety of [[contexts]]:
* Adjustment ([[law]]) has several [[meanings]]; many relate to insurance, contracts, or the resolution of disputes.
* In engineering, [[mathematics]], and geodesy, adjustment means the optimal [[parameter]] estimation of a [[mathematical model]] so as to best fit a [[data]] set. The most important [[method]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_squares least squares] adjustment, found by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss].
* In metrology, adjustment is the set of operations carried out on an instrument in order that it provides given indications corresponding to given [[values]] of the measurand.
* In [[psychology]], adjustment means the [[behavioral]] [[process]] of [[balancing]] [[conflicting]] needs, or needs against obstacles in the [[environment]]. [[Humans]] and [[animals]] regularly do this, for example, when they are stimulated by their physiological [[state]] to seek food, they eat (if possible) to reduce their hunger and thus adjust to the hunger stimulus. Adjustment disorder occurs when there is an inability to make a [[normal]] adjustment to some need or [[stress]] in the [[environment]].
* In [[statistics]], it is the [[compensation]] for confounding variables.
[[Category: General Reference]]