adaptasyon : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

adaptasyon :

adaptation (n.)

Derivatives of adaptasyon

Glosses:

adaptation
n. (communication)	1. adaptation, version	a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form.; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
	~ piece of writing, written material, writing	the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect).; "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
	~ modernization	a modernized version (as of a play).
	~ versification	a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text).
n. (process)	2. adaptation, adaption, adjustment	the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions).
	~ acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization	adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).
	~ dedifferentiation	the loss of specialization in form or function.
	~ domestication	adaptation to intimate association with human beings.
	~ biological process, organic process	a process occurring in living organisms.
	~ specialisation, differentiation, specialization	(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function.; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
n. (act)	3. adaptation	(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light).
	~ dark adaptation	the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours.
	~ light adaptation	the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative.
	~ modification, adjustment, alteration	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
	~ physiology	the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms.