Adaptive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adaptive
       adj : having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of
             a chameleon" [syn: {adaptative}] [ant: {maladaptive}]