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

adaptive \adapt"ive\, a.
   suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by
   adaptation; capable of adapting. --coleridge. --
   adapt"ively, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
adapt"ively 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adaptive
     adj : having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of
           a chameleon" syn: adaptative ant: maladaptive
see also:
adaptative maladaptive 

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