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Definitions: Adaptation |
AdaptationNoun1. A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form: "the play is an adaptation of a short novel". 2. The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions). 3. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adaptation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Adaptation \Ad`ap*ta"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression adaptation, Late Latin expression adaptatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | The adjustment, alteration, or modification of an organism to fit it more perfectly for existence in its environment. Compare acclimatization, accustomization.Adaptation is applied particularly to evolutionary change. (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | A)the process(es)whereby individuals(or parts of individuals), populations, or species change in structure, form or function in such a way as better to survive under given environmental conditions; b)also the resultant structure, form or function. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Changes in an organism's physiological structure or function or habits that allow it to survive in new surroundings. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The ability of a variety to derive the necessities for its favourable development in a given environment. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Temporary modification of sensitivity in perceiving sensory stimuli due to continous, repeated exposure to a given stimulus or one similar to it. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | 1. the adjustment of an organism to its environment, or the process by which it enhances such fitness. 2. the normal ability of the eye to adjust itself to variations in the intensity of light; the adjustment to such variations. 3. the decline in the frequency of firing of a neuron, particularly of a receptor, under conditions of constant stimulation. 4. in dentistry, (a) the proper fitting of a denture, (b) the degree of proximity and interlocking of restorative material to a tooth preparation, (c) the exact adjustment of bands to teeth. 5. in microbiology, the adjustment of bacterial physiology to a new environment. (references) |
Medicine | The biological, psychological and physical alterations in a living organism or community in order to adjust to a particular environment ; the process(es)whereby individuals(or parts of individuals), populations, or species change in structure, form or function in such a way as better to survive under given environmental conditions ; any adjustment of an organism to the conditions of its environment. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The alteration of the selective response of a neural unit due to the received signals. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Result of the biological, psychological and physical alterations in a living organism or community in order to adjust to a particular environment ; the resultant structure, form or function of the process(es)whereby individuals(or parts of individuals), populations, or species change in such a way as better to survive under given environmental conditions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The decline in the frequency of firing of a neuron, particularly of a receptor, under conditions of constant stimulation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The process by which the properties of the organ of vision are modified according to the luminances or the colour stimuli presented to it, or the final state of the process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Weather | The adjustment of an organism or population to a new or altered environment through genetic changes brought about by natural selection. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Adaptation was also a movie starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep that was released in 2002. See Adaptation (movie).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Adaptation."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
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| ADAPT | English | Community initiative on adaptation of the workforce to industrial change | N/A |
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Synonyms: AdaptationSynonyms: adjustment (n), version (n). (additional references) |
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Lyrics | And I am having trouble making the adaptation ("Let's Get Back"; performing artist: Gwen Stefani) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Adaptation. (2002) | |
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 | Figure 2. Six's thermometer devised by James Six in 1782. Six devised maximum and minimum reading thermometers and in a posthumous publication (1794) suggeste d the adaptation of the maximum/minimum reading thermometers for use in the deep sea.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | F. Ziegfeld, Jr. presents Anna Held in Jeaan Richepin's play, Mam'selle Napoleon music by Gustave Lüders ; lyrics & adaptation by Joseph Herbert.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | The goal in the treatment of PKU is to maintain metabolic control of Phe for optimal adaptation and outcome. (references) | |
Isolation was achieved through blind passage in Peromyscus maniculatus and subsequent adaptation to growth in Vero E6 cells. (references) | ||
Motor learning is important for adaptation to changes in the environment as well as being key to recovery from stroke and spinal cord injury. (references) | ||
Business | Typical examples of successful adaptation to local needs are ice cream shops. (references) | |
In most cases, specifications satisfying U.S. requirements will also meet Spanish requirements and only electrical parts sometimes require adaptation. (references) | ||
The Center supports the PE industry through product and process commercialization, process adaptation and improvement and manpower skills upgrading programs. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | The law includes provisions that allow a male spouse of a non-Jewish citizen to acquire citizenship and enter the country after the spouse passes a 41/2 year, multistage period of adaptation, except in cases in which the man has a criminal record or is suspected of posing a threat to security. (references) |
Economic History | Israel | Flexibility and adaptation to local consumer demand is important for success. (references) |
France | The French are key players in the adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe to the new strategic environment. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hong Kong | Under the Adaptation of Laws (Interpretive Provisions) Ordinance, the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance is not applicable to PRC government organs in Hong Kong. (references) |
Hong Kong | In 1998 the Provisional Legislature passed the controversial Adaptation of Laws (Interpretive Provisions) Ordinance, which replaced the word "Crown" in Hong Kong legislation with the word "State" in hundreds of existing laws. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | Property investment funds also exist in Spain, thus completing the process of adaptation to and standardization with collective investment instruments in the EU. (references) |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I allude to the materials which this subject has afforded for sinister appeals to selfish feelings, and the opinion heretofore so extensively entertained of its adaptation to the purposes of personal ambition. |
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| "Adaptation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.87% of the time. "Adaptation" is used about 772 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.87% | 771 | 8,912 |
| Noun (common) | 0.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 772 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "adaptation": adaptation for the screen ♦ adaptation of jobs ♦ asynchronous transfer mode adaptation layer ♦ dark adaptation ♦ General Adaptation Syndrome ♦ light adaptation ♦ Marginal Adaptation (Dentistry) ♦ SC 9600 transcoder/rate adaptation unit ♦ signaling ATM adaptation layer ♦ signalling ATM adaptation layer ♦ stage adaptation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "adaptation": assimilation-adaptation, counter-adaptation, mis-adaptation, non-adaptation, post-adaptation, pre-adaptation, re-adaptation, smooth-adaptation. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adaptation | 957 |
adaptation movie | 219 |
animal adaptation | 68 |
plant adaptation | 26 |
adaptation movie review | 25 |
adaptation review | 25 |
adaptation by elaine may | 23 |
adaptation quote | 21 |
adaptation ark lost raider | 20 |
adaptation oscar winner | 18 |
adaptation cage nicholas | 16 |
adaptation charlie kaufman | 15 |
adaptation script | 15 |
adaptation movie quote | 14 |
adaptation soundtrack | 14 |
film adaptation | 13 |
adaptation star | 13 |
adaptation beak bird | 12 |
adaptation bird | 11 |
adaptation donald kaufman | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "adaptation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | adaptim, përshtatje (accordance, adjustment, appropriateness, aptness, concord, conformation, conformity, fit, fitness, naturalization, readjustment), përkthim i adaptuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كتاب معدل, ملائمة (fittings, reconciliation, turning), تكيف (adapt, adaptability, adjust, conform, drug intoxication, fit, modification, pleasure), تهيىء, تأقلم (acclimate, acclimation, adapt, adjust, be familiar with, become acclimatized to, naturalize, readjustment), شىء مكيف أو معدل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свикване (convention, convocation, inurement), адаптация, преработка (rechauffe, rehash), приспособяване (accommodation, adjustment, conversion, fitting, modification, readjustment, tailoring), пригодяване (accommodation, adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 适" (acclimatise, Acclimatize, Acclimatized, Acclimatizing, Adapt, Adapted, Adapting, Adaption, back-geared, Conditioned, Conditioning, geared), 適配 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adaptace (alteration, conversion), přizpùsobování (adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilpasning (acclimation, acclimatization, acculturation, adapting, adjust, adjusting, adjustment, appropriation, assimilation, blending, conditioning, fitting, match, matching), adaptation (habituation, ocular adaptation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bewerking (adjustment, conversion, cultivation, function, getting, job, operation, presentation, process, processing, stoping, surgical operation, tillage, tilling, work, work step), adaptatie (adjustment, ocular adaptation), aanpassing (accommodate oneself, accommodation, adapt oneself, adapter, adaptor, adjustment, appropriation, assimilation, conversion, goodness of fit, interface, matching, price adjustment, transmission line adapter, transmission line adaptor), modificatie (adjustment, modification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | adapto, adaptiĝo (adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | adaptoituminen, adaptaatio (ocular adaptation), adapaatio, sopeutuminen, sopeutuma, silmän sopeutuminen, sensorinen adaptaatio, mukautuminen (accommodation, adapting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | adaptation (adapting, adjustment, ocular adaptation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanpassing (adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Anpassung (accommodation, accomodation, adjust, adjustment, appropriation, assimilation, blending, conformableness, conformation, conformity, matching, modulation, readjustment), Adaptation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσαρμογή (accommodation, Adapt, adapting, adjust, adjustment, blending, fit, fitting, match, matching, occlusal levelling, ocular adaptation, regulation, shakedown, the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עבו" (arrangement, cultivated, cultivation, elaboration, prepared, processing), "תאמ" (accommodation, accord, adjustment, agreement, appropriateness, aptness, compliance, correspondence, fit, fitness, harmony, suitability), "סת'לות (acclimatization, accommodation, familiarization, habituation), ס'ול (adjustment, purple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alkalmazás (accommodation, application, contrivance, employ, employment, enforcement, hire, hiring, service, suiting, use). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | aðlögun (accommodation, adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | adaptasi, penyesuaian (adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | adattamento (accommodation, adapting, adaption, adaptor, adjustment, appropriation, arrangement, fitness, fitting, habituation, matching, ocular adaptation, setting), riduzione (abatement, allowance, backward zoom, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, discount, letup, lowering, rebate, reduction, upward zoom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 適応 (accommodation, conformity), 応 (sympathy), 焼き直し (rebaking), 翻案 , 同化 (absorption, assimilation), "義 (amplification, commentary, expansion), "作 , 即応 (compliance, conformance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そくおう (compliance, conformance), どうか (a Taoist, absorption, assimilation, copper coin, equivalent, moral poem), ほ"あ" (this plan), かいさく (cutting, digging, excavation, masterpiece, splendid work), やきなおし (rebaking), じゅ"のう (sympathy), てきおう (accommodation, conformity, opponents king), え"ぎ (acting, amplification, commentary, drama, expansion, omen, performance, play). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응 (Adapting, Adaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cummey (appearance, atmosphere, composition, design, devise, fabricate, feature, format, indite, invention, itinerary, mould, outline, plan, prospectus, shape, version). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | adaptashon (adjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adaptationay adaptação (acclimate, acclimation, accommodation, adapting, adjustment, conformation, fit, naturalize, suiting), acomodação (accommodation, accomodation). (various references) adaptare (accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, attachment, readjustment), acomodare (accommodation, conformation), reprofilare (readaptation, readjustment, reconversion, reshaping, shifting), potrivire (accommodation, accord, adequacy, adjustment, agreement, aptness, arrangement, congeniality, congruence, congruity, correspondence, decorum, dovetailing, felicity, fit, fitness, fitting, pairing, purpose, suitability). (various references) адаптация (adaptations). (various references) adaptacija, prerada (processing), prepev. (various references) adaptación (accommodation, accommodation ability, adapting, adjustment, arrangement, conversion, matching, ocular adaptation). (various references) anpassning (accommodating, accommodation, adapting, adjustment, alignment, conformation, conformity, harmanization, harmonization, matching, orientation, readjustment), adaptation. (various references) adaptasyon (accommodate oneself, adapt oneself, adjustment, conformation). (various references) werdiю. (various references) адаптація, пристосування (accommodation, appliance, arrangement, attachment, conformation, fit, fittings, readjustment, rig), пристосовність (adaptability), переробка (alteration, elaboration, readjustment, recast, remake, revision). (various references) t i liệu sửa lại cho hợp sự thích nghi, sự tra v o, sự sửa lại cho hợp t i liệu viết phỏng theo, sự lắp v o sự phỏng theo. (various references) cyfaddasiad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adaptation": adaptational, adaptationally, adaptations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "adaptation": coadaptation, counteradaptation, maladaptation, preadaptation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "adaptation": coadaptations, counteradaptations, maladaptations, preadaptations. (additional references) | |
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"Adaptation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adapation, Atapattu, Daption. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adaptation" (pronounced a'duptā"shun) |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, argumentation, augmentation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, confrontation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, facilitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, implantation, implementation, importation, imputation, incantation, incapacitation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, inhabitation, instrumentation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, palpitation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, precipitation, premeditation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, representation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, sedimentation, segmentation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-i-n-o-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: adaption. | |
-3 letters: antipot, pintada, pintado. | |
-4 letters: anatto, anopia, attain, dopant, panada, pandit, patina, pinata, taipan. | |
-5 letters: adapt, adopt, apian, danio, datto, ditto, inapt, naiad, paint, panda, panto, patin, patio, piano, pinot, pinta, pinto, piton, podia, poind, point, taint, tanto, titan, tondi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-i-n-o-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: adaptations. | |
+2 letters: adaptational, coadaptation. | |
+3 letters: coadaptations, maladaptation, preadaptation. | |
+4 letters: adaptationally, maladaptations, preadaptations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 61 70 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .- .--. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100001 01110000 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d a p t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0061 0070 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35706782866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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