adaptive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
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
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
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Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English adaptive
From adapt + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more adaptive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most adaptive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
pos: adj
examples: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it issued a final rule allowing what’s called “adaptive driving beam headlights” on new vehicles. It will go into effect when published in the Federal Register in the next few days.
The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent.
That variation of germinal origin is a fact in organic nature is admitted on all hands, and that some variations are adaptive is also unquestioned.
Advanced vehicle technologies, including automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control, were available as standard equipment for this truck-tractor; however, the carrier opted not to purchase these systems. We found that the collision may have been avoided or its severity lessened had these systems been installed on the truck-tractor. Because commercial vehicle customers can elect not to purchase collision avoidance systems, even those that are considered standard equipment, federal requirements are necessary to increase widespread deployment of this technology.
gloss: Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a trait: that helps an organism to function well in its environment.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a trait: that helps a person to function well in society.
pos: adj
Synonyms: adaptative
Antonyms: maladaptive
Related words: adapt
adaptability
adaptable
adaptableness
adaptably
adaptation
adaptational
adaptationary
adaptative
adaptatively
adaptativeness
adapted
adaptedness
adapter
adaption
adaptional
adaptionary
adaptitude
adaptly
adaptness
adaptorial
nonadaptive
nonadaptively
nonadaptiveness
nonadaptivity
Derived words: adaptive beamformer
adaptive behaviour
adaptive bridge
adaptive clothing
adaptive coding
adaptive communications
adaptive compression
adaptive control
adaptive cruise control
adaptive enzyme
adaptive equalization
adaptive expectations
adaptive filter
adaptive hypertrophy
adaptive immune system
adaptive immunity
adaptive intelligence
adaptive learning
adaptively
adaptive management
adaptive modulation
adaptiveness
adaptive optics
adaptive predictive coding
adaptive radiation
adaptive resonance
adaptive reuse
adaptive routing
adaptive switching
adaptive system
adaptive technology
adaptive tile refresh
adaptive value
adaptive zone
adaptivity
coadaptive
counteradaptive
disadaptive
idioadaptive
inadaptive
mechanoadaptive
multiadaptive
neuroadaptive
osmoadaptive
pathoadaptive
photoadaptive
postadaptive
preadaptive
proadaptive
radioadaptive
seroadaptive
unadaptive
viscoadaptive
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