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Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

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Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.

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Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.

Exceptions to this rule, as exemplified by the cats, are due to special adaptive causes.

The rapid variation of certain groups of animals or the acceleration of certain organs is also not evidence of the sudden appearance of new adaptive characters.

The stimulus of water on the breast may be regarded as a sensory presentation which is followed by a definite and adaptive application of behaviour.

In endeavouring to trace the causation of adaptation, it is obvious that it must be due quite as much to properties inherent in the plant as to the action of external conditions; the plant must possess adaptive capacity.

Of these two kinds of genetic and adaptive resemblance, homogeny is the warp composed of the vertical, hereditary strands, which connect animals with their ancestors and their successors, while analogy is the woof, composed of the horizontal strands which tie animals together by their superficial resemblances.

Voluntary organizations are sometimes characterized as highly adaptive but so too are for-profits.

Attachment theory It is generally accepted that a history of secure attachment will increase the chances of responding to trauma in relatively adaptive ways.

In the project upon which this chapter is based, ICT supports research processes and thus adaptive learning.

It has quite a solid rim which is OK if you have an adaptive embouchure and very good for upper register playing.

All IT qualifications are now taken on-line and are either adaptive exams, multi-choice or interactive assessments.

Individuals skilled at accurately gaging affective responses in others are usually talented at choosing socially adaptive behaviors, in their response.

And today, as culturally adaptive as a missionary may be, there is that need for connectiveness with his home culture.

For example if you use adaptive 0 a minimum of 4 rays will be shot at the light.

The Wiener-Hopf equation is derived as the optimum receive filter, illustrated with applications including adaptive filtering.

The new songs ' mix of styles is proving sufficiently adaptive to win him burgeoning audiences around the world.

Conventional programming languages only provide facilities for exact matching, a more adaptive approach is required in order to support data aggregation.

It is awarded for the best adaptive re-use of an historic building of any period.

C When one-way surface conflation is active it takes no action, thus preserving C the convection coefficients calculated by adaptive convection algorithm.

We have also been attempting to estimate the rate of adaptive amino acid substitution and the proportion of mutations which are slightly deleterious.

The adaptive thresholding is performed in both the time and frequency domains simultaneously.

The buntings exemplify local adaptive radiation, but may be hybridizing which could eventually produce a new species endemic to the island.

A key feature of adaptive information systems is the notion of cognitive ergonomics.

This theory is based upon adaptive expectations people base their expectations of inflation on past levels of inflation.

Thanks to Edge Adaptive Noise Reduction, even fine color gradations, like skin tones, for example, are no longer a problem.

The test car was also fitted with optional adaptive halogen headlights, which see round corners for a worthwhile £ 250.

His current research interests include adaptive hypertext, on-line adaptive assessment and interoperability and architectural issues within eLearning systems.

Interaction has an adaptive mediating role, helping students to recognize and resolve inconsistency.

Such a differential structure, expressing the local versus global nature of brain structure, is lacking in adaptive linear algebra.

Adaptive re-use has in this case rescued a building of great historical and architectural merit from the brink of disaster.

The basic idea of these techniques, known as adaptive modulation, involves continuously modifying certain parameters of the transmitted signal.

Potassium - Adaptive processes increase potassium secretion in the distal nephron (collecting tubules) and also in the gut.

For adaptive optics slightly larger reference sources may be used.

Two techniques, active optics and adaptive optics has been devised to overcome these.

Of more general use are in-camera red-eye removal and adaptive lighting.

Adaptive meshing automatically refines meshes in high stress areas without the rest of the mesh having to be refines meshes in high stress areas without the rest of the mesh having to be refined.

Does adaptive management of natural resources enhance resilience to climate change?

Most of the others were discovered in visible light, using ground-based telescopes with adaptive optics.

The current value of the adaptive threshold also contributes to the adaptive threshold in adjacent channels.

In our testing with disabled users and these different adaptive technologies, we have found that some screen readers work better than others.

Some companies sell adaptive clothing with modifications such as easy to close closures so that you don't have to sacrifice fashion for comfort.

Adaptive clothing can be included for seniors who use wheelchairs or have conditions that make dressing and undressing difficult.

Adaptive clothing for seniors with limited use of their fingers or hands is available in beautiful styles.

Adaptive clothing stores, such as Silvert's, have many options that meet the needs of elderly people with a variety of limitations.

Consider the Ecotones Duet Sleep Sound Machine from Adaptive Sound Technologies.

Some of these elements involve customization of weapons and armor, as well as adaptive combat tactics.

An occupational therapist also assists patients and caregivers with activities of daily living and provide instructions on wheelchair use or other adaptive equipment.

Children who have a neurological disorder or illness such as encephalitis or meningitis may suddenly show signs of cognitive impairment and adaptive difficulties.

Dr Einar Lonnberg has also recorded certain adaptive peculiarities in the stomach.

Adaptive characters are often hereditary, for instance, the seed of a parasite will produce a parasite, and the same is true of a carnivorous plant.

A consideration of these regions makes it apparent that they are to a large extent adaptive.