- adaptive
- adjective Date: 1760 showing or having a capacity for or tendency toward adaptation • adaptively adverb • adaptiveness noun • adaptivity noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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adaptive — UK US /əˈdæptɪv/ adjective ► changing quickly to suit different conditions: »Adaptive organizations rely on fast feedback from customers to respond to market changes. »Their favoured approach seems to be adaptive management, in which policymakers … Financial and business terms
Adaptive — A*dapt ive, a. Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. {A*dapt ive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adaptive — index pliable, resilient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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adaptive — [ə dap′tiv] adj. 1. showing adaptation 2. able to adapt adaptively adv … English World dictionary
adaptive — [[t]ədæ̱ptɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations. [FORMAL] Societies need to develop highly adaptive behavioural rules for survival … English dictionary
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adaptive — adaptively, adv. adaptiveness, n. adaptivity /ad ap tiv i tee/, n. /euh dap tiv/, adj. serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon. [1815 25; ADAPT + IVE] * * * … Universalium
adaptive — adap·tive ə dap tiv adj capable of, suited to, or contributing to adaptation <adaptive traits that enhance survival (Science News)> adap·tive·ly adv adap·tive·ness n … Medical dictionary
Adaptive — A&V Able to adjust or react to a video condition or application, as an adaptive circuit. This term usually refers to filter circuits … Audio and video glossary
adaptive — adaptyvus statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Prisitaikantis prie besikeičiančių sąlygų. Adaptyvumu pasižyminti įranga įsimena situacijas, įvykius, kaupia informaciją, jai pateikiamus duomenis ir visa tai analizuodama pati nustato… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
