Adaptation (disambiguation)

Adaptation, in biology, is the process whereby a population becomes better suited to its habitat.

Adaptation may also refer to:

Arts

• Adaptation (film), a 2002 film by Spike Jonze
• Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film
• Literary adaptation, a story from a literary source, adapted into another work
• Theatrical adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a play

Biology and medicine

• Adaptation (eye), the eye's adjustment to light
• Neural adaptation, the responsiveness of a sensory system to a constant stimulus

Control and information theory

• Adaptation (computer science) by which interactive systems adapt to individual users and environments
• Adaptive system, a set of interacting entities that enable the whole to improve its response
• Complex adaptive system: rich interactions between elements that result in feed back and adaptation.

Human sciences

• Behavioral adaptation, an adjustment to another type of behavior or situation
• Hedonic adaptation, the tendency to remain at a stable level of happiness despite changes in fortune
• Psychological adaptation, a mental aspect that results from evolutionary pressures
• Preconditioning (adaptation), a general concept in which an entity is exposed to a form of some stress or stimulus in order to prepare that entity to be more resilient against the stimulus when and if the stimulus is encountered in the future.

Other

• Adaptation to global warming