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a·dap·tive

 (ə-dăp′tĭv)
adj.
1. Relating to or exhibiting adaptation.
2. Readily capable of adapting or of being adapted: an adaptive worker; adaptive clothing for children with special needs.
a·dap′tive·ly adv.
a·dap′tive·ness, ad′ap·tiv′i·ty (ăd′ăp-tĭv′ĭ-tē) n.
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a•dap•tive

(əˈdæp tɪv)

adj.
serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation.
[1815–25]
a•dap′tive•ly, adv.
a•dap′tive•ness, n.
ad`ap•tiv′i•ty (ˌæd æp-) n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.adaptive - having a capacity for adaptationadaptive - having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon"
adaptative
maladaptive - showing faulty adaptation
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adaptive

adjective
Capable of adapting or being adapted:
adaptable, adjustable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, supple.
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adaptive

[əˈdæptɪv] ADJ the human body is remarkably adaptive → el cuerpo humano tiene una gran adaptabilidad or una gran capacidad de adaptación
an adaptive reaction to an intolerable situation → una reacción de adaptación a una situación intolerable
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adaptive

[əˈdæptɪv] adj (= adaptable) → qui a une grande capacité d'adaptation
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adaptive

adj ability, capacity → anpassungsfähig; adaptive response → Anpassungsreaktion f; adaptive mechanism → Anpassungsmechanismus m
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Classification, groups subordinate to groups -- Natural system -- Rules and difficulties in classification, explained on the theory of descent with modification -- Classification of varieties -- Descent always used in classification -- Analogical or adaptive characters -- Affinities, general, complex and radiating -- Extinction separates and defines groups -- Morphology, between members of the same class, between parts of the same individual -- Embryology, laws of, explained by variations not supervening at an early age, and being inherited at a corresponding age -- Rudimentary Organs; their origin explained -- Summary.
These resemblances, though so intimately connected with the whole life of the being, are ranked as merely adaptive or analogical characters;' but to the consideration of these resemblances we shall have to recur.
We can understand, on these views, the very important distinction between real affinities and analogical or adaptive resemblances.
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Impulsive he might be, enthusiastic, sensitive, with something sympathetic and adaptive in his disposition; but an observer of nature's tokens would have confidently pledged himself that there was native firmness and strength underlying his gentle, monk-bred ways.
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He was quick to learn, very imitative and adaptive, and built himself a hovel rather better, it seemed to me, than their own shanties.
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