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adaptation

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

adaptation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,985 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: phenotypic trait[2], condition[3], adaptation[4]
  • Said to be the same as: Przystosowanie (biologia)[5]
  • Opposite of: maladaptation[6]
  • Topic's main category: Q6483009[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Otto's encyclopedia[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Immediate cause of: adaptive trait[12]
  • Equivalent class: http://purl.org/ontology/wo/Adaptation[13]
  • Different from: Adaptation[14], coping[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

adaptation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] adaptation is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Local Adaptation Plans in Mozambique

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

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  1. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['adaptation', 'adaptation-biology']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: adaptation-biology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289915498|adaptation biology (#289915498)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['adaptation', 'adaptation-biology']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: adaptation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289915497|adaptation (#289915497)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4asezC
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0382494-adaptace-biologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0382494-adaptace-biologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 6137, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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