adaptation

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

   the process of changing or adjusting to something

   This specific species of frog underwent adaptation so that it could better protect itself from predators.

3. 3
   noun

   The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.

   To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain.

4. 4
   noun

   A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.

   It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.

5. 5
   noun

   The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.

   ACCLIMATIZATION, the process of adaptation by which animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of surviving and flourishing in countries remote from their original habitats, or under meteorological conditions different from those which they have usually to endure, and at first injurious to them.

6. 6
   noun

   An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.

   Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.

8. 8
   noun

   An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.

   Having partly a bibliographic value, and partly confirming the statements above as to Balzac's influence, the following details concerning theatrical adaptations of some of his novels may serve as a supplement to this chapter.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt +…