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

• (America, Canada) IPA: /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/

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.

• adapt
• adaptability
• adaptedness
• adapter

• adaption
• adaptitude
• co-adaptation

• 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