adaptational

English

Etymology

From adaptation +‎ -al.

Adjective

adaptational (not comparable)

1. Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
2. (biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.

Derived terms

• adaptationally
• coadaptational
• photoadaptational
• polyadaptational

Related terms

• adapt
• adaptability
• adaptable
• adaptableness
• adaptably
• adaptation
• adaptative
• adaptatively
• adaptativeness
• adaptedness
• adapter
• adaption
• adaptional
• adaptitude
• adaptive
• adaptively
• adaptiveness
• adaptly
• adaptness
• adaptorial

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adaptational”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.