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ADAPTED TO

Definition: ADAPTED TO

ADAPTED TO

1. The meridian of , suited to the local circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of. All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof. --Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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Crosswords: ADAPTED TO

Specialty definitions using "ADAPTED TO": Ain't, airplane pilot, chief, Animals, Domestic, Animals, WildBlack Jokecable-tool drilling, CHIEF PILOT, cinecamera, CORE CUTTER, crise colloïdoclasiquediffuser-ring, diversified slash disposal, domain architectureEBCDIC, Ehrlichieae, ELISA, Endangered Species Act, entry driver operator, Envy, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Extracellular Matrix Proteinsfacies fossil, film camera, forwarding machine, functionally divided system, function-division systemGEOS, guide-ring, Gunpowderhatch conveyorinduction furnace rammed liningLaCoste-Romberg gravimeter, locked-wire ropeM.I.T. sampler, MetadataOsteogenesis, Distractionrestaurant-car, road tarShanty Songs, solar architecture, solar oriented architecture, solarchitecture, Sosia, square set, steel ore, Survey meterTerminator seeds, two-lipped end millxeriscaping, xerophytic grasses. (references)
Etymologies containing "ADAPTED TO": Deletive. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ADAPTED TO

DomainTitle

Books

  • Time-Honored Norwegian Recipes Adapted to the American Kitchen (reference)

  • A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christia (reference)

  • An Introduction to the Study of Astrology: With Numerous Amendations, Adapted to the Improved State of Science (reference)

  • English grammar : adapted to the different classes of learners : with an appendix, containing rules and observations, for assisting the more advanced students to write with perspicuity and accuracy (reference)

  • The American Builder's Companion: Or, a System of Architecture Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: ADAPTED TO

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: ADAPTED TO

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The siphon is adapted to penetrate the tissue of aquatic plants, from which air is obtained, thus enabling the larvae to remain below the water surface at all times.Credit: CDC.

"Gee" or Shoran hyperbolic navigation lattice over France Allies installed electronic navigation systems to guide bombers Adapted to hydrographic survey needs at end of war.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Information and education about family planning has to be adapted to the community and to the individual. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann..

Wonder if that could be adapted to Congress?.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Gatling gun, adapted to Indian and oriental warfare.Credit: Library of Congress.

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing five bull gears simultaneously for a plow tractor prior to the conversion of a Midwestern farm implement manufacturer. The machine has since been adapted to cutting gears for cargo winches for the Mari.Credit: Library of Congress.

New machines for war program. This is a broaching machine. Broaching is an efficient manufacturing method now being successfully adapted to gun making.Credit: Library of Congress.

Soldiers inspecting new trackless tank during demonstration at Fort Myer, Virginia. Tentative plans call for a redesign of the tank's superstructure so that it may be adapted to suitable armament. For further data see caption for pix D-570.Credit: Library of Congress.

The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, are well adapted to tractor farming but the houses of the farmer tenants stand empty.Credit: Library of Congress.

An old kerosene stove adapted to a kitchen cabinet in the home of Max Sparks. Near Long Lake, Wisconsin.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: ADAPTED TO

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

Into their place stepped free competition, accompanied by a social and political constitution adapted to it, and by the economical and political sway of the bourgeois class. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: ADAPTED TO

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The four paws of the jackal are adapted to certain actions.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ADAPTED TO

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Activities in the teaching guide are designed for students in grades five through eight, but they can be adapted to other levels. (references)

With physical dependence, the body has adapted to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms may occur if use is reduced or stopped. (references)

Campylobacter jejuni grows best at the body temperature of a bird, and seems to be well adapted to birds, who carry it without becoming ill. The bacterium is fragile. (references)

Business

The specifications of many of American automotive service equipment are not adapted to local requirements. (references)

In addition, to address these security issues, bandwidths must be adapted to ensure secure, fast transactions. (references)

U.S. suppliers should be price competitive with Asian manufacturers and their product line adapted to local tastes. (references)

Children

Sweden

The parents of children with disabilities and workers with disabilities under the age of 65 receive financial assistance every 7 years to buy a car adapted to the person's disability. (references)

Malaysia

However, few public facilities are adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities, and the Government has not mandated accessibility to transportation or public buildings for persons with disabilities. (references)

Economic History

India

As they settled in the middle Ganges River valley, they adapted to antecedent cultures. (references)

Trade

Finland

Products for sale in Finland should be adapted to the metric system whenever possible. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

The equipment must be adapted to run as specified by European electrical and metric standards. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Products must be adapted to both technical requirements and to consumer preferences, as well as meet Kenyan Government regulations. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: ADAPTED TO

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801We can not, without committing a dangerous imprudence, abandon those measures of self protection which are adapted to our situation and to which, notwithstanding our pacific policy, the violence and injustice of others may again compel us to resort.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809The limitation suggested by the # of sea men would admit a selection of vessels best adapted to the service.

James Monroe

1817-1825A correct view of our relations with each power will enable you to form a just idea of existing difficulties, and of the measures of precaution best adapted to them.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829In framing such treaties it is the duty of each party not simply to urge with unyielding pertinacity that which suits its own interest, but to concede liberally to that which is adapted to the interest of the other.

Herbert C. Hoover

1929-1933Our form of government is ill adapted to the responsibilities which inevitably follow permanent limitation of the independence of other peoples.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: ADAPTED TO

Expressions using "ADAPTED TO": adapted to the meridian of be not adapted to not adapted to. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ADAPTED TO

Language Translations for "ADAPTED TO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

neadaptovaný na (not adapted to). (various references)

   

Danish

  

mindre vandkanoner egner sig bedst til spredning af flydende goedning (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

lichtsproeiers zijn het meest geschikt voor hetsproeien van mest (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tarkoituksenmukainen (adapted to its purpose, appropriate, expedient, serving the purpose). (various references)

   

French

  

l'arrosage léger se prête le mieux l'irrigation fertilisante (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

German

  

Schwachregner eignen sich am besten fuer die Beregnungsduengung (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

η ελαφρά άρδευση αρμόζει καλλίτερα στην λιπαντική άρδευση (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

alkalmas vmire (apt for sg, to be adapted to sg, to fit, to lend itself for sg), nincs hozzászokva (be not adapted to), megfelel vmilyen célnak (to be adapted for sg, to be adapted to sg). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gli irrigatori a bassa pressione si prestano maggiormente per la fertirrigazione (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

即する (to agree with, to be adapted to, to be based on, to conform to). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そくする (to agree with, to be adapted to, to be based on, to conform to). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adapteday otay

   

Portuguese

  

a aspersão ligeira adapta-se melhor fertirrigação (spray lines are best adapted to spray liquid manure). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neprilagođen na (adapt: not adapted to). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ADAPTED TO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-o-p-t-t"

-2 letters: adapted, adopted.

-3 letters: doated, dotted, patted, potted, tapeta, teapot.

-4 letters: adapt, adept, adopt, dated, datto, depot, doped, doted, opted, pated, petto, taped, toped, toted.

-5 letters: aped, apod, atap, atop, dada, dado, data, date, dato, dead, doat, dopa, dope, dote, eddo, odea, oped, pate, peat, poet, tapa, tape, tate, teat, tepa, toad, toea, toed, tope, tote.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ADAPTED TO


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 44 41 50 54 45 44      54 4F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000100 01000001 01010000 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01010100 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#68 &#65 &#80 &#84 &#69 &#68 &#32 &#84 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0044 0041 0050 0054 0045 0044      0054 004F

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3538355054393825449

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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