Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive: in biology, applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a capacity for adaptation. Opposed to
maladaptive .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating or pertaining to
adaptation , or theadjustment of one thing to another;adaptive - adjective biology Applied to
physiological orfunctional modifications of parts ororgans , as distinguished frommorphological orstructural changes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to adaptation
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Examples
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It also helps to explain some rather anomalous variants in quickly adaptational individuals, as well as unusual but apparently universal expression suiting amazements being documented in medical research.
All These Different Creatures are Variations of the Same Theme 2008
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So is the fact that blind variation and natural selection can produce a lot of adaptational change.
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We are one outcome of a continuing adaptational process.
Jill Tarter's call to join the SETI search Jill Tarter 2009
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MICHAELS: I think a lot of people have not looked at the adaptational responses that human beings have.
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We are one outcome of a continuing adaptational process.
Jill Tarter's call to join the SETI search Jill Tarter 2009
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So is the fact that blind variation and natural selection can produce a lot of adaptational change.
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We are one outcome of a continuing adaptational process.
Jill Tarter's call to join the SETI search Jill Tarter 2009
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Molecular data reveal some major adaptational shifts in the early evolution of the most diverse avian family, the Furnariidae.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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It would be adaptational and look a little like Isadora Duncan meets Twyla Tharp and American Ballet Theatre. on April 15, 2008 at 4:24 am | Reply Ellis Reyes
If my life were a dance « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts 2008
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MICHAELS: I think a lot of people have not looked at the adaptational responses that human beings have.
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