Accommodation is a dwelling Dwelling, as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere, is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger or place of temporary residence.
It may also refer to:
- Accommodation (in British usage) or accommodations (in American usage), lodging Lodging is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
- Accommodation (religion) Accommodation is a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church. Also called condescension, the principle of Accommodation is that God, while being in his nature unknowable and unreachable, has nevertheless communicated with mankind in a way in which humans can understand and respond, a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church
- accommodation (law) Accommodation is a term used in United States contract law under the Uniform Commercial Code to describes a delivery of nonconforming goods meant as a partial performance of a contract for the sale of goods, where a full performance is not possible. The accommodation must be specified as such in a writing from the seller to the buyer. The buyer, a term used in United States contract law
- Accommodation (eye) Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image on an object as its distance changes, the process by which the eye increases optical power to maintain a clear image (focus) on an object as it draws near
- Accommodation in psychology, the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences according to Jean Piaget, in the learning broader theory of Constructivism Constructivism is a theory of knowledge which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences. Constructivism is not a specific pedagogy, although it is often confused with constructionism, an educational theory developed by Seymour Papert, inspired by constructivist and experiential learning ideas of Jean Piaget. Piaget's
- Classroom accommodations under an Individualized Education Program In the United States an Individualized Education Program, commonly referred to as an IEP, is mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act . In Canada and the United Kingdom, an equivalent document is called an Individual Education Plan
- Communication Accommodation Theory The Communication Accommodation Theory was developed by Howard Giles, professor of communication, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. CAT explains some of the cognitive reasons for code-switching and other changes in speech as individuals seek to emphasize or minimize the social differences between themselves and their interlocutors, the process by which people change their language behaviour to be more or less similar to that of the people with whom they are interacting.
- Accommodation, a linguistics term meaning grammatical acceptance of unstated values as in accommodation of presuppositions In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include:
- Biblical Accommodation Biblical Accommodation is the adaptation of words or sentences from the Bible to signify ideas different from those expressed therin. Thus, if a sinner excuses his fault by saying, "The serpent deceived me", he applies the scriptural words of Eve to express an idea which the sentence does not convey in the Bible. Similarly, a blind, the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed.
- PS Accommodation The Canadian paddlewheeler Accommodation was the first successful steamboat built entirely in North America was a pioneer Canadian steamboat built by John Molson
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