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a·dap·tion

(ə-dăp′shən)

Adaptation.

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adaption

(əˈdæpʃən)

another word for adaptation

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Noun

adaption - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

adaptation, adjustment

acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization - adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

dedifferentiation - the loss of specialization in form or function

domestication - adaptation to intimate association with human beings

biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms

specialisation, specialization, differentiation - (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

adaption

noun

The act of making suitable to an end or the condition of being made suitable to an end:

accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, conformation.

Translations

Abwandlung

adattamento

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