adaptive
[ uh-dap-tiv ]
/ əˈdæp tɪv /
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adjective
serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
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Nearby words
- adaptable,
- adaptation,
- adapted,
- adapter,
- adaption,
- adaptive behavior scale,
- adaptive hypertrophy,
- adaptive optics,
- adaptive radiation,
- adaptogen
Origin of adaptive
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Surely at least the unclear conception of an adaptively transformative influence of food must be discarded.
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