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Defenition of the word adaptation

    • Defenition of the word adaptation

      • Change of a product in order to make sure that it corresponds to the specific requirements of the customers.
      • The quality of being adapted.
      • The fit of an organism to its environment, which allows successful survival and reproduction.
      • (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
      • the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
      • a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form: "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
      • a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
      • a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

    Synonyms for the word adaptation

      • adaption
      • adjustment
      • version

    Hyponyms for the word adaptation

      • acclimation
      • acclimatisation
      • acclimatization
      • dark adaptation
      • dedifferentiation
      • differentiation
      • domestication
      • light adaptation
      • modernization
      • specialisation
      • specialization
      • versification

    Hypernyms for the word adaptation

      • adjustment
      • alteration
      • biological process
      • modification
      • organic process
      • piece of writing
      • writing
      • written material

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