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adaptive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective adaptive has 1 sense
- adaptive(a = adj.all) adaptative - having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon" Derived form verb adapt2
Antonym: maladaptive
CIDE DICTIONARY
adaptive, a.
Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. [1913 Webster]
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