adaptation

英 [ædəp'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,ædæp'teʃən]

• n. 适应；改编；改编本，改写本

1. 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)