adaptation
NounUS[ad-uhp-tey-shuhn]/ˌædəpˈteɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)adaptations
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form“the play is an adaptation of a short novel”Synonyms: versionType of writing, written materialKinds modernization, versification
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)Synonyms: adaptionadjustmentType of organic process, biological processKinds specialization, dedifferentiation, domestication, acclimatization
- (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)Type of alteration, modificationKinds dark adaptation, light adaptation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ad′ap·ta′tion (…), noun
Origin: Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.
1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. “Adaptation of the means to the end.” John Erskine
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54