adaptation Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ad`ap*ta"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.

Webster 1913