Pronunciation
- (GA, Canada) IPA: /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
adaptation
- (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
- 2015, Jon M. Hawes, Proceedings of the 1989 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, Springer (ISBN 9783319170558), page 70
- Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control.
- 2015, Jon M. Hawes, Proceedings of the 1989 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, Springer (ISBN 9783319170558), page 70
- (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
- 1999, Jim Meisenheimer, How to Double Your Sales Without Quadrupling Your Effort, Helbern (ISBN 9780963747921), page 41
- It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.
- 1999, Jim Meisenheimer, How to Double Your Sales Without Quadrupling Your Effort, Helbern (ISBN 9780963747921), page 41
- (uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
- Antonyms: maladaptation
- (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
- 1844, Robert Sears, The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of Entertaining Information, in the Several Departments of Science, Lterature, and Art, Embellished by Several Hundred Engravings, page 465
- 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.
- 1844, Robert Sears, The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of Entertaining Information, in the Several Departments of Science, Lterature, and Art, Embellished by Several Hundred Engravings, page 465
- (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
- 2010, David K. Irving, Fundamentals of Film Directing, McFarland (ISBN 9780786456253), page 19
- Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.
- 2010, David K. Irving, Fundamentals of Film Directing, McFarland (ISBN 9780786456253), page 19
- (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
- German: Anpassung
- Spanish: adaptación
- Spanish: adaptación
- Spanish: adaptación
- Spanish: adaptación
- French: adaptation
- Spanish: adaptación
- French: adaptation
- Spanish: adaptación
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