Meanings
nounautoadjustment (countable and uncountable, plural autoadjustments)
plural autoadjustments
- countableuncountableautomatic adjustment
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
- Proto-Hellenic*mətós
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
- Classical Latinautomatum
- New Latinautomaticus
- Englishautomaticclip.
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
- Proto-Italic*jowos
- Latiniūstu
- Old Frenchjuste
- Frenchjuste
- Frenchajuster
- Frenchajustement
- Englishadjustment
- Englishautoadjustment
From auto- + adjustment.
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APA
autoadjustment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoadjustment
MLA
“autoadjustment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoadjustment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoadjustment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoadjustment.
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