"adaptational" meaning in English

See adaptational in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English adaptational From adaptation + -al. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|adaptation|-al<id:adjectival suffix>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English adaptational, {{suffix|en|adaptation|al}} adaptation + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} adaptational (not comparable)
  1. Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive Tags: not-comparable
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  2. (biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adaptational-en-adj-0q~eW-f1 Categories (other): Biology, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 10 90 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adaptationally, coadaptational, photoadaptational, polyadaptational
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