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coadjusting

coadjusting is the present participle and gerund of coadjust.

Meaning of coadjust

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

Questions about coadjusting

What is coadjusting the present participle and gerund of?
Coadjusting is the present participle and gerund of coadjust.

Words near coadjusting in the dictionary

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

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