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adaptation

Dictionary definition · adaptation

noun

  1. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form"the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
  2. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
  3. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).