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Definition of adaptation
- (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Hyponyms: dark adaptation, light adaptation, modernization, versification, acclimatization, acclimatisation, acclimation, dedifferentiation, domestication, specialization, specialisation, differentiation
Derivational Morphology: adjust, conform, adapt
Anagrams: data point
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