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adaptation noun

  /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
  • (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
 muutos
  • (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
 muutos, sopeuttaminen, sopeutuminen
  • (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
 sopeutuminen
  • (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
 sovittaminen
  • (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
 sovitus

adapt verb

  /əˈdæpt/
  • (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
 sovittaa
  • (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
 sovittaa, mukauttaa, sopeuttaa, sopeutua, soveltaa
  • (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
 mukauttaa, sovittaa
  • (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
 sopeutua

adapt adjective

  /əˈdæpt/
  • Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
 sopiva

adapter noun

  /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/ , /əˈdæptəɹ/
  • Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
 adapteri, sovitin
  • Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
 adapteri, sovitin, verkkoadapteri, verkkosovitin
  • Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
 haaroitin, haaroituspistorasia
  • One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
 sopeutuja, sovittaja

adaptive adjective

  /əˈdæp.tɪv/
  • Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
 mukautuva, joustava, sopeutuva
  • (psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
 adaptiivinen, sopeutuva
  • Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
 joustava, mukautuva, sopeutuva

adaptable adjective

  /əˈdæptəbəl/
  • Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
 sopeutuva, mukautuva

adaptability noun

  /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/
  • The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
 sopeutumiskyky, sopeutuvuus
  • (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
 sopeutuvuus

adapted adjective

  /əˈdæptɪd/
  • Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.
 mukautettu, sovitettu
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