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| adaptation |
in biology, that which results from the process of adaptation. [1/4 definitions] |
| adaption |
adaptation. |
| Alex Haley |
a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992). |
| arr.2 |
abbreviation of "arrangement," the act of putting things in order, esp. the adaptation of a piece of music for a particular style of performance. |
| arrangement |
the adaptation of a piece of music for a particular style of performance. [1/6 definitions] |
| counteradaptation |
combined form of adaptation. |
| dialectic |
(often pl., but used with a sing. verb) the Marxian adaptation of Hegelian dialectic applied to economic and political history. [1/6 definitions] |
| evolution |
the continuous modification and adaptation of organisms to their environments through selection, hybridization, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| maladaptive |
not helpful in adaptation to a situation or environment. |
| modernization |
a recent adaptation or modernized version, esp. as of a play. [1/3 definitions] |
| Orson Welles |
U.S. actor, screenwriter, producer, and critically acclaimed motion picture director who first gained national recognition for his role in the 1938 radio broadcast adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel, The War of the Worlds (b.1915--d.1985). |
| physical dependence |
a body's adaptation to a chronically-used drug such that withdrawal of the drug results in adverse physical symptoms. |
| Reconstructionism |
a twentieth-century U.S. Jewish movement that stresses the cultural continuity of Judaism as a religion, and that encourages adaptation of religious observances to contemporary needs. |
| specialization |
in biology, the structural adaptation of a specific body part for a particular function. [1/3 definitions] |
| version |
a particular form or adaptation of something. [1/3 definitions] |
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