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adaptation

noun
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/US/əˈɖæpˌʈe.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.

  1. derived from adaptō
  2. derived from adaptātiō
  3. borrowed from adaptation

Definitions

  1. The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation

    The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.

    • To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain.
    • Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control.

  2. A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.

    • It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.

  3. (uncountable) The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an…

    (uncountable) The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.

    2. An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is…

      An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.

      • This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects.

    3. The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.

      • Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.

    4. An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.

      • Having partly a bibliographic value, and partly confirming the statements above as to Balzac's influence, the following details concerning theatrical adaptations of some of his novels may serve as a supplement to this chapter.

    5. The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.

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Derived

adaptational, adaptationism, adaptationist, angioadaptation, bioadaptation, counteradaptation, deadaptation, deep adaptation, disadaptation, exaptation, haloadaptation, hedonic adaptation, hyperadaptation, inadaptation, interadaptation, ketoadaptation, mechanoadaptation, misadaptation, Netflix adaptation, neuroadaptation, nonadaptation, osmoadaptation, overadaptation, pathoadaptation, photoadaptation, postadaptation, preadaptation, pseudoadaptation, readaptation, seroadaptation, space adaptation syndrome, thermoadaptation

Vish — recursive loop

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