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coadjust

coadjust verb: to adjust by mutual adaptations.

Verb

coadjust (third-person singular simple present coadjusts, present participle coadjusting, simple past and past participle coadjusted)

  1. To adjust by mutual adaptations.
    • The tarsal and metatarsal bones are coadjusted so as to form arches both lengthwise and across, and receive the superincumbent weight from the tibia on the summit of a bony vault1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates

Forms of coadjust

third-person singular presentcoadjusts
present participlecoadjusting
past participlecoadjusted
pastcoadjusted

Origin of coadjust

From co- + adjust.

Questions about coadjust

What does coadjust mean?
Coadjust means to adjust by mutual adaptations.
What part of speech is coadjust?
Coadjust is a verb.
What is the past tense of coadjust?
The past tense of coadjust is coadjusted.

Words near coadjust in the dictionary

  1. coadjacent
  2. coadjoint
  3. coadjudicator
  4. coadjudicators
  5. coadjument
  6. coadjust
  7. coadjusted
  8. coadjusting
  9. coadjustment
  10. coadjustments
  11. coadjusts

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