English-Thai Dictionary

adaptation

N การปรับตัว  kan-prab-tua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADAPTATION

n.The act of making suitable, or the state of being suitable, or fit; fitness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADAPTATION

Ad `ap *ta "tion, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adaptation

ad ap ta tion |ˌadapˈtāSHən, ˌadəp -ˌædæpˈteɪʃən | ▶noun the action or process of adapting or being adapted: the adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs | adaptations to the school curriculum. • a movie, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work, typically a novel: filming her adaptation of a beloved children's book. • Biology a change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment: living in groups is an adaptation that increases the efficiency of hunting. • the process of making such changes: biochemical adaptation in parasites. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio (n- ), from Latin adaptare (see adapt ).

 

adaptationism

ad ap ta tion ism |ˌadapˈtāSHəˌnizəm, ˌadəp -ˌædæpˈteɪʃənɪsm | ▶noun Biology the belief or assumption, now generally held, that each feature of an organism is the result of evolutionary adaptation for a particular function. DERIVATIVES ad ap ta tion ist noun & adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

adaptation

adap |ta ¦tion |adəpˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of adapting or being adapted: the adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs | [ count noun ] : adaptations to the school curriculum. • [ count noun ] a film, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work: a three-part adaptation of Hard Times . • Biology the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio (n- ), from Latin adaptare (see adapt ).

 

adaptationism

adap |ta ¦tion |ism |adəpˈteɪʃ (ə )nɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology the axiom or assumption that each feature of an organism is the result of evolutionary adaptation for a particular function. DERIVATIVES adaptationist noun & adjective

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adaptation

adaptation noun 1 an adaptation of a Scandinavian folk tale: alteration, modification, redesign, remodeling, revamping, reworking, reconstruction, conversion. 2 the cubs' adaptation to the zoo environment: adjustment, acclimatization, acclimation, accommodations, habituation, acculturation, assimilation, integration.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adaptation

adaptation noun 1 the adaptation of old buildings to new uses: converting, conversion, alteration, modification, adjustment, changing, transformation; remodelling, revamping, reshaping, reconstruction; tailoring, customizing. 2 her daughters' remarkable adaptation to life in Britain: adjustment, conformity, acclimatization, accommodation, attunement, familiarization, habituation, orientation, conditioning, inurement, hardening, seasoning, acculturation, assimilation, integration, domestication, naturalization; blending in, fitting in, settling in, settling down; N. Amer. acclimation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Adaptation

Ad ap ta ti on , Adap ta ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Adaptati o n |die Adaptation; Genitiv: der Adaptation, Plural: die Adaptationen mittellateinisch adaptatio, zu lateinisch adaptare, adaptieren 1 Biologie Anpassung des Organismus, von Organen an die jeweiligen Umweltbedingungen 2 ohne Plural Soziologie Anpassung des Menschen an die soziale Umwelt die Adaptation des Menschen an seinen Lebensraum 3 Literaturwissenschaft Adaption 3

 

Adaptationssyndrom

Ad ap ta ti ons syn drom, Adap ta ti ons syn drom Substantiv, Neutrum Medizin , das |Adaptati o nssyndrom |das Adaptationssyndrom; Genitiv: des Adaptationssyndroms, Plural: die Adaptationssyndrome lateinisch-mittellateinisch ; griechisch Anpassungsreaktion des Organismus auf krank machende Reize wie z. B. Stress

 

French Dictionary

adaptation

adaptation n. f. nom féminin 1 Action d ’adapter; son résultat. : L ’adaptation cinématographique d ’un roman. 2 Fait de s ’adapter. : L ’adaptation de ces nouveaux venus a été facile. SYNONYME acclimatation .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adaptation

ad ap ta tion /æ̀dæptéɪʃ (ə )n, æ̀dəp -/名詞 1 C 改作, 脚色作品 ▸ a movie adaptation of the novel その小説の映画化作品 2 U ｟かたく ｠【環境 変化などへの 】適応, 順応 ; 〘生物 〙【環境への 】適応 (能力 ) «to » .