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adaptiveness

adaptiveness noun: the state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

Noun

adaptiveness (usually uncountable, plural adaptivenesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
    • Near-synonyms: adaptability, adaptableness
    • With female adaptiveness she fell in with his humour, and looked at the world through his eyes.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw

Synonyms of adaptiveness

Forms of adaptiveness

pluraladaptivenesses

Origin of adaptiveness

From adaptive + -ness.

Questions about adaptiveness

What does adaptiveness mean?
Adaptiveness means the state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
What part of speech is adaptiveness?
Adaptiveness is a noun.
What is the plural of adaptiveness?
The plural of adaptiveness is adaptivenesses.

Words near adaptiveness in the dictionary

  1. adaptive zone
  2. adaptive zones
  3. adaptive-control function
  4. adaptive-control functions
  5. adaptively
  6. adaptiveness
  7. adaptivenesses
  8. adaptivities
  9. adaptivity
  10. adaptly
  11. adaptness

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