adaptation

evolutionary biological process that fits organisms to their environment, adaptive trait, or state reached by an evolving population
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adaptation

Summary

adaptation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • adaptation is a type of phenotypic trait[2].
  • adaptation is a type of condition[3].
  • adaptation is a type of adaptation[4].
  • adaptation's said to be the same as is recorded as Q11830256[5].
  • adaptation is the opposite of maladaptation[6].
  • adaptation's topic's main category is recorded as Q6483009[7].
  • adaptation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • adaptation's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • adaptation's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • adaptation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • adaptation's immediate cause of is recorded as adaptive trait[12].
  • adaptation's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/ontology/wo/Adaptation[13].
  • adaptation's different from is recorded as Adaptation[14].
  • adaptation's different from is recorded as coping[15].
  • adaptation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include phenotypic trait[2], condition[3], and adaptation[4]. adaptation is the opposite of maladaptation[6].

Why It Matters

adaptation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[1] adaptation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] adaptation is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Adaptation, coping
    Subclass of phenotypic trait, condition, adaptation
    Aliases
    Opposite of maladaptation
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6137, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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