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/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/ · noun
(uncountable) 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.
Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control.
It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.
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.
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.
Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.
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.
Use adaptation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Adaptation means (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification..
Common synonyms include version, adjustment.
Possible antonyms include maladaptation.
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.
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