adaptation process
1Adaptation to global warming — and climate change is a response to climate change that seeks to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change effects.[1] Even if emissions are stabilized relatively soon, climate change and its effects will last many… …
2Adaptation (disambiguation) — Adaptation may refer to * Adaptation, an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait that has evolved. * Cellular adaptation, the changes made by a cell in response to changes in its environment. * Neural adaptation, the… …
3adaptation — index accommodation (adjustment), adjustment, compromise, habituation, innovation, modification, propriety ( …
4adaptation — UK [ˌædæpˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US or adaption UK [əˈdæpʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms adaptation : singular adaptation plural adaptations * 1) [countable] a film, TV programme etc that has been made from a book or play The television adaptation of the stage… …
5Adaptation — Ad ap*ta tion, n. [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. Erskine. [1913 Webster] 2. The result of adapting; an… …
6adaptation — (also adaption) ► NOUN 1) the action or process of adapting or being adapted. 2) a film or play adapted from a written work. 3) Biology a change by which an organism becomes better suited to its environment …
7Adaptation — This article is about the evolutionary process. For other uses, see Adaptation (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
8adaptation — noun 1 a change/the process of changing ADJECTIVE ▪ successful ▪ special ▪ evolutionary VERB + ADAPTATION ▪ make ▪ …
9adaptation — 1. Preferential survival of members of a species because of a phenotype that gives them an enhanced capacity to withstand the environment including the ecology. 2. An advantageous change in function or constitution of an organ or tissu …
10Adaptation (eye) — In ocular physiology, adaptation is the ability of the eye to adjust to various levels of darkness and light. Contents 1 Efficacy 2 Mechanisms 3 Insufficiency 4 See also …
