1. detailide vastastikune kohandamine, sh materjalikihi eemaldamisega ühe detaili pinnalt kootamisprotsessis; 2. eksperimentaalne võrdsustusprotsess; standartse ja tundmatu sarnasuse määramine, 1. during assembly, adjustment to be made in parts that do not quite fit together; 2. the experimental process of equating or relating stimuli, usually to determine the similarity between standard and unknown, or between unknown