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English noun: adaptation | |||
| 1. | adaptation (communication) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form | ||
| Samples | The play is an adaptation of a short novel. | ||
| Synonyms | version | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | piece of writing, writing, written material | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | modernization, versification | ||
| 2. | adaptation (process) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | ||
| Synonyms | adaption, adjustment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization, dedifferentiation, differentiation, domestication, specialisation, specialization | ||
| 3. | adaptation (act) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjustment, alteration, modification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dark adaptation, light adaptation | ||
| Domain category | physiology | ||
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