Adaptive

English

Adjective

Adaptive (comparative more Adaptive, superlative most Adaptive)

1. Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
2. Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
3. (psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.

Synonyms

• (capable of being adapted): adaptable
• adaptative

Derived terms

Derived terms

adaptively adaptiveness adaptivity adaptive beamformer adaptive behaviour adaptive bridge adaptive clothing adaptive coding adaptive communications adaptive compression adaptive enzyme adaptive equalization adaptive expectations adaptive filter adaptive hypertrophy

adaptive management adaptive modulation adaptive optics adaptive predictive coding adaptive radiation adaptive resonance adaptive reuse adaptive routing adaptive switching adaptive system adaptive technology adaptive value adaptive zone

Related terms

Related terms

adapt adaptable adaptative

adaptly adaptorial

Translations

Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable

Catalan: adaptatiu (ca) m. Finnish: mukautuva, sopeutuva, joustava French: adaptatif (fr)

Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change

Finnish: mukautuva, sopeutuva, joustava French: adaptable (fr)

Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society

French: adaptatif (fr)

References

• Adaptive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911