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Adaption

noun

The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions). Synonyms: adaptation, adjustment.

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"Adaption" Quotes from Famous Books

... not more fortunate in the adaption of their civilities—they addressed the Convention, in a strain of great piety, to congratulate them on the success of their arms in the "cause of ...

— A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, • An English Lady

... structure and function. Rough outdoor games and wrestling thus correspond to the physical constitution of the boy. So, also, it is by no means improbable that the little girl, whose pelvis and hips have already begun to indicate by their development their adaption for the supreme functions of the sexually mature woman, should experience obscurely a certain impulsion toward her predestined maternal occupation, and that her inclinations and amusements should in this way be determined. Many, ...

— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park

... found interesting if we revive here a criticism which throws light on the first reception of the adaption of Trilby for the stage. The play was put on before the Trilby boom had spent itself, but critics would, from the nature of their species, be rather prejudiced against, than carried away in favour of, anything which came in ...

— George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians • T. Martin Wood

Words linked to "Adaption" : adapt, differentiation, domestication, biological process, specialisation, specialization, acclimatization, acclimatisation, organic process, acclimation, dedifferentiation