adaptation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adaptation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for adaptation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adaptation n a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" Synonym(s): adaptation, version the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) Synonym(s): adaptation, adaption, adjustment (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptation \Ad`apta"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. [bd]Adaptation* of the means to the end.[b8] --Erskine. 2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.