different between adaptation vs disposition

English

Alternative forms

• adaption

Etymology

From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adapt?ti?, from Latin adapt? (“I fit, adjust, modify; I adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?ædæp?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ad?ap?ta?tion

Noun

adaptation (countable and uncountable, plural adaptations)

1. (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
   • 2015, Jon M. Hawes, Proceedings of the 1989 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, Springer (?ISBN), page 70

     Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control.

2. (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
   • 1999, Jim Meisenheimer, How to Double Your Sales Without Quadrupling Your Effort, Helbern (?ISBN), page 41

     It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.

3. (uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.

   Antonym: maladaptation

4. (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
   • 1844, Robert Sears, The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of Entertaining Information, in the Several Departments of Science, Lterature, and Art, Embellished by Several Hundred Engravings, page 465

     This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects.

5. (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
   • 2010, David K. Irving, Fundamentals of Film Directing, McFarland (?ISBN), page 19

     Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.

6. (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin adapt?ti?, from Latin adapt? (“I fit, adjust, modify; I adapt, fit or adjust to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dap.ta.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: adaptations

Noun

adaptation f (plural adaptations)

1. adaptation (all senses)

Related terms

• adapter

Further reading

• “adaptation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• dispotion (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Latin dispositi?nem, accusative singular of dispositi?, from disp?n?; analysable as dispose +? -ition. Doublet of dispositio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.p??z?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.p??z?.??n/

Noun

disposition (countable and uncountable, plural dispositions)

1. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
   1. Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
      1. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
      2. Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.

      3. (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.

         Synonyms: assignment, conveyance

      4. (law) Final decision or settlement.

      5. (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.

      6. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.

   2. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.

   3. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.

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Verb

disposition (third-person singular simple present dispositions, present participle dispositioning, simple past and past participle dispositioned)

1. To remove or place in a different position.

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Danish

Noun

disposition c (singular definite dispositionen, plural indefinite dispositioner)

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Declension

Further reading

• “disposition” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

disposition

1. Genitive singular form of dispositio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

disposition f (plural dispositions)

1. arrangement; layout
2. disposal; the ability or authority to use something
3. step; arrangement; measure
4. disposition; tendency

Related terms

• disposer
• dispositif

Descendants

• ? Romanian: dispozi?ie

Further reading

• “disposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.

Noun

disposition f (oblique plural dispositions, nominative singular disposition, nominative plural dispositions)

1. arrangement; layout