Noun Definition

adaptation

1.Definition: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

Category: General

2.Definition: a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

"The play is an adaptation of a short novel"

Related Noun(s):version

Category: General

3.Definition: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Related Noun(s):adaption, adjustment

Category: General