adaptability
- n the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
adaptation
- n a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
the play is an adaptation of a short novel - n the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- n (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
adapter
- n a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- n device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
adaption
- n the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)