adaptation

1. A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form (synset 106420422)
   "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
   is a type of: piece of writing, writing, written material - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
   subtypes:

   • modernization - a modernized version (as of a play)
   • versification - a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
   same as: version
2. The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) (synset 113448251)
   is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: adaption, adjustment
3. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) (synset 100194255)
   referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
   is a type of: adjustment, alteration, modification - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
   subtypes:

   • dark adaptation - the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
   • light adaptation - the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative

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