Part 148

<blockquote>Streets ill <b>adapted</b> for the residence of wealthy persons. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adaptability, Adaptableness</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw><hw>A*dapt`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*dapt"a*ble*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being adaptable; suitableness.</def> "General <i>adaptability</i> for every purpose."

<i>Farrar.</i>

<h1>Adaptable</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being adapted.</def>

<h1>Adaptation</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad`ap*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>adaptation</ets>, LL. <ets>adaptatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.</def> "<i>Adaptation</i> of the means to the end."

<i>Erskine.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The result of adapting; an adapted form.</def>

<h1>Adaptative</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"a*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adaptive.</def>

<i>Stubbs.</i>

<h1>Adaptedness</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.</def>

<h1>Adapter</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who adapts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A connecting tube; an adopter.</def>

<-- 2. any device connecting two parts of an apparatus (e.g. tubes of different diameters, or electric cords with different plug types); a device allowing an apparatus to be used for purposes other than originally intended -->

<h1>Adaption</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dap"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adaptation.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Adaptive</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"ive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.</def> <i>Coleridge</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>A*dapt"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Adaptiveness</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"ive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.</def>

<h1>Adaptly</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a suitable manner.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>