AdaptationWordNet Explorer

the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours

the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative

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

the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

a modernized version (as of a play)

a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)