 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adaptation
noun
1: a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new
form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" [syn:
{version}]
2: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental
conditions) [syn: {adjustment}]
3: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as
the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adaptation \Ad'ap*ta"tion\, noun [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.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
164 Moby Thesaurus words for "adaptation":
Nachtmusik, about-face, absolute music, accommodation, accord,
accordance, acquiescence, adaption, adjusting, adjustment,
agreement, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, alignment,
alteration, amelioration, apostasy, arrangement, assimilation,
attunement, bearings, betterment, biological evolution, break,
chamber music, chamber orchestra, change, change of heart,
changeableness, coaptation, compliance, composition, conditioning,
conformance, conformation other-direction, conformity, congruity,
consistency, constructive change, continuity, conventionality,
conversion, coordination, correspondence, defection, degeneration,
degenerative change, descant, deterioration, deviation, difference,
discontinuity, disorientation, divergence, diversification,
diversion, diversity, electronic music, enablement, equipment,
etude, exercise, fit, fitting, flexibility, flip-flop, furnishing,
genesis, gradual change, harmonization, harmony, horotely,
improvement, incidental music, instrumental music, instrumentation,
integration, intonation, invention, keeping, line, malleability,
melioration, mitigation, modification, modifying, modulation,
natural selection, nocturne, obedience, observance, ontogenesis,
ontogeny, opus, orchestration, orientation, orthodoxy, overthrow,
phrasing, phylogenesis, phylogeny, physiogenesis, physiogeny,
piece, pliancy, preparation, production, program music,
qualification, radical change, re-creation, realignment,
reconcilement, reconciliation, redesign, reform, reformation,
regulation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, resolution,
restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution,
ricercar, score, setting, shift, solution, sonata, sonatina,
squaring, strictness, string orchestra, string quartet, study,
sudden change, suiting, suspension, switch, synchronization,
tachytely, theme and variations, timing, tone painting,
total change, traditionalism, transcription, transition, trio,
tuning, turn, turnabout, uniformity, upheaval, variation, variety,
violent change, work, worsening
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