ADAPTATION

• (noun) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

• (noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

  "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

  synonyms : version

• (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

  synonyms : adaption , adjustment

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