different between microevolution vs adaptation

English

Etymology

micro- +? evolution, coined by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt in 1909.

Noun

microevolution (countable and uncountable, plural microevolutions)

1. Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.

   Coordinate term: macroevolution

   Hypernym: evolution

Derived terms

• microevolutionist

Translations

Further reading

• microevolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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).