adaptation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ad=ap=ta=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

adaptation, n. [Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.].

•  The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.  Erskine.  [1913 Webster]
•  The result of adapting; an adapted form.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

adaptation, n.
1 the act or process of adapting or being adapted.
2 a thing that has been adapted.
3 Biol. the process by which an organism or species becomes suited to its environment.

Etymology

F f. LL adaptatio -onis (as ADAPT)

THESAURUS

adaptation

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