ADAPTATION
\ɐdɐptˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɐdɐptˈeɪʃən], \ɐ_d_ɐ_p_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ADAPTATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
By Princeton University
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the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
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The result of adapting; an adapted form.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
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The result of adapting; an adapted form.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The acquiring of modifications fitting a plant or animal to life in a new environment or under new conditions. 2. An advantageous change in function or constitution of an organ or tissue to meet new conditions.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The process by which an organism becomes fitted to its environment; a structure or habit fitted for some special environment; the fitting of cutaneous and other sensations to a point when discomfort ceases, as the physiological zero in the case of adaptation to temperature.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Faculty possessed by an organism or an organ of accommodating itself to varying conditions. The adjustment of the individual to conditions of reality.
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In pathology, it is used as in immunization and also to designate principle of adjustment of tissues to changed conditions produced by disease, as hypertrophy of the heart following obstruction of the valves.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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