Adaptation (disambiguation)

Adjustment or adaptation ( "Custom " from the Latin adaptare ), including adaptation or adaptation, called

• An external circumstances proper behavior modification of organisms or societies, see adaptability
• The intergenerational adaptation of organisms to a changed environment, see evolutionary adaptation
• The response of cells or tissues to changes in environmental conditions or damage ( metabolic adaptation), see adaptive response
• Adjusting the sensory system to stimuli, for example see Adaptation (eye) and adaptation ( acoustic )

In the art:

• The intelligent response of mechanical or electrical systems, see Adaptive Systems
• An automatically rückkoppelnde control in control theory, see Adaptive Control
• Efficient electrical coupling an input to an output, see Adaptation ( Electrical Engineering)
• Flexible reaction astronomical telescopes to the air turbulence, see Adaptive Optics

In mathematics and computer science:

• A dimensional characteristic of stochastic processes, see Filtering
• The approach to a complicated course or stray readings by a smooth, simple function, see Adjustment Theory
• Local numerical adjustments of underlying computational grid in solution methods for partial differential equations
• Customization of information and information systems to users' needs, see Adaptation ( Information Technology )

In Art:

• Reworking of a musical work, see Arrangement
• Reworking of a literary work, see Adaptation ( Literature )

Meaning of Special Language:

• The arrival and acceptance of social norms and patterns of behavior in the course of socialization
• The last phase of drug withdrawal treatment, see adaptation phase
• Adaptation ( mining industry ), socially acceptable job losses in the coal mining
• Adaptation - The Orchid Thief, film by Spike Jonze from 2002

See also:

• Adaptability ( adaptivity, adaptability )
• Adaptation to global warming

• Disambiguation