1. adaptation(n = noun.communication) version - a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
is a kind of piece of writing, writing, written material
has particulars: modernization, versification
2. adaptation(n = noun.process) adaption, adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions);
is a kind of biological process, organic process
has particulars: acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization, dedifferentiation, domestication, differentiation, specialisation, specialization
Derived form verb adapt2
3. adaptation(n = noun.act) - (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light);
is a kind of adjustment, alteration, modification
has particulars: dark adaptation, light adaptation
1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. Erskine. [1913 Webster]
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form. [1913 Webster]
adaptation, n.
1 the act or process of adapting or being adapted.
2 a thing that has been adapted.
3 Biol. the process by which an organism or species becomes suited to its environment.
Etymology:
F f. LL adaptatio -onis (as ADAPT)