Adaptation

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Adaptation is the process whereby a population becomes better suited to its habitat.

Adaptation may also refer to:

Arts

• Adaptation (film), a 2002 film by Spike Jonze
• Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film
• Literary adaptation, a story from a literary source, adapted into another work
• Theatrical adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a play

Biology and Medicine

• Adaptation (eye), the eye's adjustment to light
• Neural adaptation, the responsiveness of a sensory system to a constant stimulus

Control and Information theory

• Adaptation (computer science) by which interactive systems adapt to individual users and environments
• Adaptive system, a set of interacting entities that enable the whole to improve its response

Human sciences

• Adaptation to global warming
• Behavioral adaptation, an adjustment to another type of behavior or situation
• Hedonic adaptation, the tendency to remain at a stable level of happiness despite changes in fortune
• Psychological adaptation, a mental aspect that results from evolutionary pressures
• Preconditioning (adaptation), a general concept in which an entity is exposed to a form of some stress or stimulus in order to prepare that entity to be more resilient against the stimulus when and if the stimulus is encountered in the future.

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