Adaptation
WordNet
noun
(1) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
(2) A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
"The play is an adaptation of a short novel"
(3) The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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Etymology
< < < ; see adapt.
Noun
- The quality of being adapted; adaption; adjustment.
- Adjustment to extant conditions: as, adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; modification of some thing or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its current environment.
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- Something which has been adapted; variation.
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Related terms
- adapt
- adaptability
- adaptedness
- adapter
- adaption
- adaptitude
- co-adaptation
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- Something which has been adapted; variation.
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