adaptness
/əˈdap(t)nəs/noun
= adaptedness. In later use also (frequently with at): = adeptness.
- In later use equivalent to adeptness perhaps only a typographical error..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Gaule (1603/4–1687), Church of England clergyman and author. Apparently from adapt + -ness. Compare slightly later adapt and discussion at that entry.
- adaptative
- adaptativeness
- adaptedness
- adapter
- adaption
- adaptionist
- adaptitude
- adaptive
- adaptive control
- adaptive expectations
- adaptive expectations hypothesis
- adaptive immunity
- adaptively
- adaptiveness
- adaptive optics
- adaptive radiation
- adaptive zone
- adaptivity
- adaptly
- adaptment
- adaptness
- adaptogen
- adaptogenic
- adaptometer
- adaptor