adaptation
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification; A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment; The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium
- plural
- adaptations
Meanings
- 1
The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification
It's only a matter of adaptation.
Tatoeba · paula_guisard · CC BY 2.0 FR
Adaptation is the strength of the weak.
Tatoeba · rul · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment
- 3
The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium
- 4
An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium
- 5
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 cognatesrare
- 6
The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environmentrare
- 7
An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changedrare
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The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environmentsrare