adaptation
Etymology
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Etymology
From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō; see adapt.
Pronunciation- (America, Canada) IPA: /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
adaptation
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. - (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.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium. (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium. (sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
- French: adaptation
- German: Anpassung
- Spanish: adaptación
- German: Kompromiss, Anpassung
- Spanish: adaptación
- German: Adaptation
- Spanish: adaptación
- Spanish: adaptación
- French: adaptation
- German: Bearbeitung, Adaptierung
- Spanish: adaptación
- French: adaptation
- German: Adaption, Adaptierung
- Spanish: adaptación
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