Adjustable
(Ad*just"a*ble) a. Capable of being adjusted.
Adjustage
(Ad*just"age) n. [Cf. Ajutage.] Adjustment. [R.]
Adjuster
(Ad*just"er) n. One who, or that which, adjusts.
Adjustive
(Ad*just"ive) a. Tending to adjust. [R.]
Adjustment
(Ad*just"ment) n. [Cf. F. ajustement. See Adjust.]
1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned.
Paley.
2. (Law) 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 their proper
relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or
out of adjustment.
Syn. — Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement; adaptation; disposition.
Adjutage
(Ad"ju*tage) n. Same as Ajutage.
Adjutancy
(Ad"ju*tan*cy) n. [See Adjutant.]
1. The office of an adjutant.
2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.
It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division.
Burke.
Adjutant
(Ad"ju*tant) n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general
receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b)
(Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each
of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.
3. (Zoöl.) A species of very large stork a native of India; — called also the gigantic crane, and by the
native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.
Adjutator
(Ad"ju*ta`tor) n. (Eng. Hist.) A corruption of Agitator.
Adjute
(Ad*jute") v. t. [F. ajouter; confused with L. adjutare.] To add. [Obs.]
Adjutor
(Ad*ju"tor) n. [L., fr. adjuvare. See Aid.] A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.
Adjutory
(Ad*ju"to*ry) a. [L. adjutorius.] Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.]
Adjutrix
(Ad*ju"trix) n. [L. See Adjutor.] A female helper or assistant. [R.]
