See Also: Adaptation(medicine)
adaptation(encyclopedia)
adaptation(dictionary)
Adaptation(health)
adaptation(dictionary)
reproductive adaptation(medicine)
climatic adaptation(encyclopedia)
Physiological adaptation(medicine)
adaptation, ocular(medicine)
Social adaptation(health)

adaptation (iou)



adaptation noun. E17.
[French from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from adaptare: see ADAPT, -ATION.]
The action or process of fitting or suiting one thing to another. E17.
b. Modification to fit a new use, new conditions, etc. L18.
L. Bloomfield Adaptation.., in which the foreign form is altered to meet the fundamental phonetic habits of the language.
c. Biology. Modification by which an organ, organism, or species becomes better fitted for its environment or mode of existence. M19.
B. J. Williams The pelvis and limbs of Oreopithecus indicate an adaptation to upright posture.
The condition of being adapted; suitableness. L17.
J. Martineau The adaptation of immortality to our true wants.
An instance of adapting; something adapted. M19.
L. Hellman Monserrat, an adaptation I made from the French play by Emmanuel Robles.
adaptational adjective L19.