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adaptational

adaptational adjective: relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive.

Adjective

adaptational (not comparable)

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

Origin of adaptational

From adaptation + -al.

Words formed from adaptational

Questions about adaptational

What does adaptational mean?
Adaptational means relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive.
What part of speech is adaptational?
Adaptational is an adjective.

Words near adaptational in the dictionary

  1. adaptate
  2. adaptated
  3. adaptates
  4. adaptating
  5. adaptation
  6. adaptational
  7. adaptationally
  8. adaptationism
  9. adaptationist
  10. adaptationists
  11. adaptations

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