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Definition of Adaptation

1. Noun. A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form. "The play is an adaptation of a short novel"

2. Noun. The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions).

3. Noun. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light).

Definition of Adaptation

1. n. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

Definition of Adaptation

1. Noun. The quality of being adapted; adaption; adjustment. ¹

2. Noun. Adjustment to extant conditions: as, adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; modification of some thing or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its current environment. ¹

3. Noun. Something which has been adapted; variation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adaptation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adaptation

1. 1. The adjustment of an organism to its environment or the process by which it enhances such fitness. 2. The normal ability of the eye to adjust itself to variations in the intensity of light, the adjustment to such variations. 3. The decline in the frequency of firing of a neuron, particularly of a receptor, under conditions of constant stimulation. 4. (a) the proper fitting of a denture, (b) the degree of proximity and interlocking of restorative material to a tooth preparation, (c) the exact adjustment of bands to teeth. 5. The adjustment of bacterial physiology to a new environment. Origin: L. Adaptare = to fit (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adaptation

adangle adansonia adansonias adapalene adapiform adapiforms adapoid adapoids adapt adaptabilities

adaptability adaptable adaptableness adaptably adaptation (current term) adaptation diseases adaptation syndrome of Selye adaptational adaptationally adaptationism

adaptationist adaptationists adaptations adaptative adaptatively adaptativeness adapted adaptedness adaptednesses

Literary usage of Adaptation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"This is especially true of the adaptation of the eye to dim lights. All the data on dark adaptation show that on entering a dark room after a stay in the ..."

2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"(2) In biology, adaptation is a general terra used to signify the adjustment of ... (JMB) The doctrine of evolution has rendered the study of adaptation of ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"In Part I. we examine general adaptation to a surface color in direct sunlight. ... In this preliminary experiment we also take account of foveal adaptation ..."

4. The doctrine of descent and Darwinism by Oscar Schmidt, Schmidt (Eduard Oskar) (1875)
"Heredity—Reversion—Variability—adaptation—Results of Use and Disuse of Organs—Differentiation leading to Perfection. THE two properties of organic being ..."

5. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Speed adaptation has been developed in a very wonderful way in terrestrial ... Vertebrates Showing Speed adaptation.—The following is a list of vertebrates ..."

6. The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism by Schmidt (Eduard Oskar), Oscar Schmidt (1875)
"Heredity—Reversion—Variability—adaptation—Results of Use and Disuse of Organs—Differentiation leading to Perfection. THE two properties of organic ..."

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