Adaptation



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n ( 尤用于生物学) 适应, 适应性; 改制物
• ［英］ n ( 尤用于生物学) 适应, 适应性; 改制物 ( thing made by adapting sth else)
• ［记］ adapt ( 适应;ad+apt[适应, 能力]) +ation -> 适应

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1610
• 1. the act or process of adapting ; the state of being adapted
• 2. adjustment to environmental conditions: as
  • a. adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation
  • b. modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its environment
• 3. something that is adapted; specifically a composition rewritten into a new form
• • adaptational adjective
• • adaptationally adverb

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