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2002 Meryl Streep movie based on the nonfiction book "The Orchid Thief"
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "action of adapting," from French adaptation , from Late Latin adaptationem (nominative adaptatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of adaptare (see adapt ). Meaning "condition of being adapted" is from 1670s. Sense of "modification of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adaptation \Ad`ap*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.] The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. ``Adaptation of the means to the end.'' --Erskine. The result of adapting; an adapted ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en uncountable) The quality of being adapted; adaption; adjustment. 2 (label en uncountable) Adjustment to extant conditions: as, adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; modification of some thing or its parts ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" [syn: version ] the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) [syn: adjustment ] (physiology) the responsive adjustment ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Adaptation (stylized as Adaptation. ) is a 2002 American comedy metafilm directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman . The film is based on Susan Orlean 's non-fiction book The Orchid Thief , with numerous self-referential events added. The film ...
Usage examples of adaptation.
Humans foraged upon the earth for their sustenance and the lore of the earth was their code of adaptation to that life.
Each of the different cultural groups such as coho, steelhead and sockeye have different times and styles in which they run to spawn in the upland streams, but each of their cultures show a similarity of adaptation to the earth.
When one views the intricacies of adaptation of the San in the Kalahari or the Inuit of the far north, it is apparent that the huge body of knowledge that enables these human cultures to adapt to such extremes was cultured over immense lengths of time.
As they moved, their adaptation became refined to areas as difficult as the arctic and the Kalahari.
The adaptation of various forms of life to the interrelated system of organic reality leads to their success and maturity.
This power is created by successful adaptation to the flows of energy of the cosmos.
Alfalfa has special adaptation for mountain valleys of the entire West, but it will also grow in good form in parts of all, or nearly all, the other States.
Crimson clover has highest adaptation to the States east of the Allegheny Mountains and west of the Cascades, but will also grow in the more Central States south, in which moisture is abundant.
Sweet clover will grow in all the States and provinces of the United States and Canada, but has highest adaptation for the Central and Southern States.
Alsike clover has much the same adaptation to soils as the medium and mammoth varieties, but will grow better than these on low-lying soils well stored with humus.
Crimson clover has highest adaptation for sandy loam soils into which the roots can penetrate easily.
Small, white clover has adaptation for soils very similar to that of alsike clover.
The alsike, living longer, is lower in its adaptation, and alfalfa, because of its long life, stands lowest in this respect.
Without irrigation, the highest adaptation, all things considered, is found in Washington and Oregon, west of the Cascades, except where shallow soils lying on gravels exist.
The soils of Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, that have produced hardwood timber, have unusually high adaptation to the growth of this plant, and as the snow usually covers the ground in these areas in winter, the crop may be relied upon with much certainty.