ALL meanings of adaptational
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A a - adjective adaptational of or relating to adaptation 3
- noun adaptational the act of adapting. 1
- noun adaptational the state of being adapted; adjustment. 1
- noun adaptational something produced by adapting: an adaptation of a play for television. 1
- noun adaptational Biology. any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment. a form or structure modified to fit a changed environment. the ability of a species to survive in a particular ecological niche, especially because of alterations of form or behavior brought about through natural selection. 1
- noun adaptational Physiology. the decrease in response of sensory receptor organs, as those of vision, touch, temperature, olfaction, audition, and pain, to changed, constantly applied, environmental conditions. 1
- noun adaptational Ophthalmology. the regulating by the pupil of the quantity of light entering the eye. 1
- noun adaptational Also, adaption [uh-dap-shuh n] /əˈdæp ʃən/ (Show IPA). Sociology. a slow, usually unconscious modification of individual and social activity in adjustment to cultural surroundings. 1
- noun adaptational Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive. 1
- adjective adaptational (biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes. 0