adaptation
Etymology

From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō; see adapt.

Pronunciation
  • (America, Canada) IPA: /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
Noun

adaptation

  1. (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
  2. (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
  3. (uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
    Antonyms: maladaptation
  4. (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.
  5. (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
  6. (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
  7. (sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
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