Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adaptation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adaptation \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.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adaptation
n 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)
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