adaptive

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]

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