Meaning of ADAPTATION
| Pronunciation: | | `adup'teyshun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
- [n] a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
- [n] the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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ADAPTATION is a 10 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | adjustment, version |
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| | See Also: | | acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization, adjustment, alteration, biological process, dark adaptation, dedifferentiation, differentiation, domestication, light adaptation, modernization, modification, organic process, piece of writing, specialisation, specialization, versification, writing, written material | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ad`ap*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adaptation, LL.
adaptatio.]
1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state
of being adapted or fitted; fitness. ``Adaptation of the
means to the end.'' --Erskine.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- The physiological process through which an organism grows accustomed to a new environment. In microbial cultures, this can involve enzymatic changes that allow it to use an new nutrient source for energy.
- The condition of showing fitness for a particular environment, as applied to characteristics of a structure, function or entire organism; a modification of a species that makes it more fit for reproduction and/or existence under the conditions of its environment.
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| | Definition: | | changes in gene frequencies resulting from selective pressures being placed upon a population by environmental factors; results in a greater fitness of the population to its ecological niche. |
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