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Definition of "adaptive" []

  • Relating to or exhibiting adaptation. (adjective)
  • Readily capable of adapting or of being adapted: an adaptive worker; adaptive clothing for children with special needs. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "adaptive" in a sentence
  • "Ruan's model, however, which she calls adaptive, aims to accurately localize tumors in real-time by imaging smarter, rather than more frequently."
  • "While modernizing the three-story building, the Meekers plan to also retain its historic flavor, which they call adaptive reuse."
  • "It writes: "The idea of the big society is at its weakest when it is presented as a partisan technical solution to acute socio-economic problems, and at its strongest when viewed as a non-partisan long-term adaptive challenge to enrich our social and human capital.""