Evolution vs. Adaptation

Evolutionnoun

The process of accumulating change.

Evolutionnoun

A progression of change, often branching and diversifying in the process.

Evolutionnoun

(general) Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth; development.

Evolutionnoun

(biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.

Evolutionnoun

(chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.

Evolutionnoun

(mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.

Evolutionnoun

(military) One of a series of ordered movements.

Evolutionnoun

A turning movement of the body.

Evolutionnoun

The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, any process of growth or development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

Evolutionnoun

A series of things unrolled or unfolded.

Evolutionnoun

The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.

Evolutionnoun

The extraction of roots; - the reverse of involution.

Evolutionnoun

A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.

Evolutionnoun

A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.

Evolutionnoun

That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; - opposed to epigenesis.

Evolutionnoun

That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The process is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.

Evolutionnoun

a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage);

Evolutionnoun

(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

Evolutionnoun

the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Evolutionnoun

the gradual development of something

Evolutionnoun

the giving off of a gaseous product, or of heat

Evolutionnoun

a pattern of movements or manoeuvres

Evolutionnoun

the extraction of a root from a given quantity.

Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction.

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

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.

Adaptationnoun

The result of adapting; an adapted form.

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

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

Adaptationnoun

(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.