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1Adaptation — 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… …
2adaptation — 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 …
3adaptation — n. 1. Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, conformableness, conformability, accommodation, harmony. 2. Fitting, process or act of fitting, adjustment, accommodation, suiting, etc. See adapt …
4adaptation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state or process of being adapted] Syn. adjustment, conversion, adoption, reworking, revision, arrangement, modification, alteration, change, accommodation, acclimatization, familiarization, acculturation, habituation,… …
5adaptation — Synonyms and related words: Nachtmusik, about face, absolute music, accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaption, adjusting, adjustment, agreement, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, alignment, alteration, amelioration, apostasy,… …
6fitting — Synonyms and related words: a propos, about face, accessories, accommodation, accordant, according to Hoyle, accouterments, ad rem, adaptation, adapted, adjustment, advantageous, advisable, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, apparatus,… …
7fitting — fit·ting || fɪtɪŋ n. act of a person or thing which fits; trying on of clothes which are being made or altered; equipment, supplies; standardized accessory adj. suitable, proper, becoming, complementary fɪt n. adjustment, adaptation of one… …
8Contactologie — La contactologie est une pratique médicale ou paramédicale dont l’objet est de permettre à une personne souffrant d’amétropie (ou défaut visuel), de corriger ou compenser son défaut par le port de lentilles de contact. Sommaire 1 Les… …
9qualification — n. 1. Fitness, suitableness, capability, accomplishment, requisite capacity, ability, legal power. 2. Modification, limitation, restriction, condition. 3. Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance. 4. Adaptation, fitting,… …
10Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
