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a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
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the individual's capacity to survive in his time and place; the component of life in which the individual is most in contact with forces beyond his control and comprehension.
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In the evolutionary sense, some heritable feature of an individual's phenotype that improves its chances of survival and reproduction in the existing environment.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/ab.htm
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adjustments made by animals in respect of their environments. The adjustments may occur by natural selection, as individuals with favorable genetically acquired traits breed more prolifically than those lacking these traits (genotypic adaptation), or they may involve non-genetic changes in individuals, such as physiological modification (eg acclimatization) or behavioral changes (phenotypic adaptation).
Ãâó: www.epa.gov/waterscience/biocriteria/glossary.html
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From an evolutionary stand-point, it is a characteristic of a living organism that improves its chances for survival in the environment of its habitat; change brought about in a population or an organism as a result of exposure to a particular set of environmental conditions, the change enabling the organism to adjust to the environmental conditions.
Ãâó: www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glossary/glossary_a.s...
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