noun The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
noun A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
noun The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates.
noun The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
noun An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
noun The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
noun An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
noun The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.