Look up: Adaptation

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   adaptation
   Change in a organism resulting from natural selection; a structure which is the result of such selection.
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   Adaptation
   a condition or character which afford fitness to a species in a particular environment.
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   Adaptation
   An adaptation is a response of an organism to changes in its environment (like the selective survival of plants with better water conservation during extensive dry times).
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   Adaptation
   An internal change in a system that mirrors an external event in the system's environment.
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   Adaptation
   Changes in an organism's physiological structure or function or habits that allow it to survive in new surroundings.
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   adaptation
   The adjustment of an organism or population to a new or altered environment through genetic changes brought about by natural selection.
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   Adaptation
   From an evolutionary stand-point, it is a characteristic of a living organism that improves its chances for survival in the environment of its habitat; change brought about in a population or an organism as a result of exposure to a particular set of environmental conditions, the change enabling the organism to adjust to the environmental conditions.
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   adaptation
   [Noun] To change something to be used in a different way.
   Example: The film 'Harry Potter' is an adaptation of the book.
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   Adaptation
   Piaget says once a schema is formed we use another innate ability called adaptation to develop this mental representation of an object, event, or person. The adaptation of schema is a two-stage process. Assimilation is when the baby/toddler/child/adult initially 'opens up' the schema. Accommodation then follows, which is where the initial schema develops on the basis of experience. The individuals' thinking becomes more sophisticated.
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    adaptation
    [n] - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) 2. [n] - a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form 3. [n] - (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
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    Adaptation
    (a) tailoring a product or other aspects of the marketing mix to suit the different needs and demands of other markets, usually international; (b) changing production methods or product specifications in a B2B market in order to better meet an individual customer's requirements.
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    Adaptation
    Any characteristic which helps an organism to survive where it lives. These can be characteristics of physical structure, functioning or behaviour.
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    adaptation
    In literature and music, a term used to denote the modification of a particular art form to allow its suitable expression in another form, for example the...
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    adaptation
    A change in the way an organism works or in its shape or behaviour which helps the plant or animal to survive in its surroundings.
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    Adaptation
    is defined as the decline in response of a sensory receptor to a continual steady stimulus
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    adaptation
    the biological, psychological and physical alterations in a living organism or community in order to adjust to a particular environment; the process (es) whereby individuals (or parts of individuals),populations, or species change in structure, form or function in such a way as better to survive under given environmental conditions; any adjustment of an organism to the conditions of its environmen...
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    Adaptation
    A confusing word used to mean quite different things. (i) Characteristics of organisms evolved as a consequence of natural selection in its evolutionary past and which result in a close match with features of the environment and/or constrain the organism to life in a narrow range of environments. The prefix 'ad-' is unfortunate as it implies that ...
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    adaptation
    A change in sensory or excitable cells upon repeated stimulation, that reduces their sensitivity to continued stimulation. Those cells that show rapid adaptation are known as phasic; those that adapt slowly are known as tonic. Can also be used in a more general sense for any system that changes responsiveness with time - for example by down-regulation of receptors (tachyphylaxis) or through internal modulation of the signalling system, as in bact ...
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    Adaptation
    Ad`ap·ta'tion noun [ Confer French adaptation , Late Latin 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.
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    adaptation
    1. <cell biology> The adjustment of an organism to its environment or the process by which it enhances such fitness. ... 2. <ophthalmology> The normal ability of the eye to adjust itself to variations in the intensity of light, the adjustment to such variations. ... 3. <neurology, physiology> The decline in the frequency of firing o ...
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    adaptation
    noun a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; `the play is an adaptation of a short novel`
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    adaptation
    adaption noun the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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    Adaptation
    An `adaptation` is a positive characteristic of an organism that has been favored by natural selection. The concept is central to biology, particularly in evolutionary biology. The term `adaptation` is also sometimes used as a synonym for natural selection, but most biologists discourage this usage.
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    adaptation
    (ad″ap-ta´shәn) a dynamic, ongoing, life-sustaining process by which living organisms adjust to environmental changes. adjustment of the pupil to light.
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    Adaptation
    • (n.) The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. • (n.) The result of adapting; an adapted form.
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