Word Meanings - PREADJUSTMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Previous adjustment.

PREVIOUSNESS
The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
PREVIOUSLY
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
ADJUSTMENT
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
PREVIOUS
Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. See under
MISADJUSTMENT
Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.
READJUSTMENT
A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
PREADJUSTMENT
Previous adjustment.
COADJUSTMENT
Mutual adjustment.
MALADJUSTMENT
A bad adjustment.