adaption

/əˈdæpʃ(ə)n/

Other forms: adaptions

Definitions of adaption

1. noun

   the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
   synonyms: adaptation, adjustment

   types:

   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

   differentiation, specialisation, specialization

   (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function

   type of:

   biological process, organic process

   a process occurring in living organisms