Talk:adaptation
Latest comment: 15 years ago by Daniel Polansky in topic Definition
Definition[edit]
| No. | Definition | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A process of fitting, or modifying, a thing to other uses, and so altering its form or original purpose. | S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Adaptation |
| 2. | A positive characteristic of an organism that has been favored by natural selection and increases the fitness of its possessor. | W:Adaptation |
| 3. | An anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait that has evolved. | W:Adaptation (disambiguation). This probably does not fit. Not every trait evolved is at the same time an adaption, AFAIK. --Daniel Polansky 17:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC) |
| 4. | The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. | “adaptation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. |
| 5. | Adjustment to extant conditions: as, adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; modification of some thing or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its current environment | Current second definition. |
I am unsatisfied with the current definitions, so I have created a table for discussion, to be possibly expanded. --Daniel Polansky 17:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)