adaptation

C8939
concept

Adaptation is the process by which an organism, system, or entity adjusts its structure, behavior, or function in response to environmental changes to improve survival, efficiency, or effectiveness.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
adaptation canonical 11
coping strategy 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: adaptation
Generated description
Adaptation is the process by which an organism, system, or entity adjusts its structure, behavior, or function in response to environmental changes to improve survival, efficiency, or effectiveness.

Instances (12)

Instance Via concept surface
The End of the Whole Mess
The Fifth Quarter
The Threepenny Opera
Twilight: Los Angeles
The Captive
"Le Bossu"
surface form: Le Bossu
Brut y Brenhinedd
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Reynard the Fox in South Africa
Bhanubhakta Ramayana
children’s book "Every Little Thing"
surface form: Every Little Thing
the 'glad game'
surface form: glad game
coping strategy