Adaptation vs. Acclimatization

Adaptationnoun

(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.

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(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.

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The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.

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An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.

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(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.

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An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.

Adaptationnoun

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

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The result of adapting; an adapted form.

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a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form;

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the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

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(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

Adaptation

In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness.

Acclimatizationnoun

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

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(biology) The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.

Acclimatizationnoun

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

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adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

Acclimatization

Acclimatization or acclimatisation (also called acclimation or acclimatation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions. Acclimatization occurs in a short period of time (hours to weeks), and within the organism's lifetime (compared to adaptation, which is evolution, taking place over many generations).