adaptedness
State of fitting
Adaptedness is the state of being well-suited to particular conditions or circumstances.
The term appears mainly in biology, where it describes how well an organism fits its environment: The adaptedness of desert plants to arid conditions.
Unlike adaptation, which emphasizes process or change, adaptedness emphasizes the resulting fit.
Proper or healthy
- suitabilityState of being apt
- congruenceState of agreement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
match · attunement · harmony · appropriateness · conformity · integration · coherence · accord
Good physical shape
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- variationChange from a norm
heritability · reproductive success · speciation · genetic drift · Darwinism · convergent evolution · gene flow · mutation
Resistance to failure
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- survivabilityCapacity to endure
tenacity · endurance · flexibility · tolerance · acclimation · stress resistance · recovery · plasticity
fit
Proper or healthy
- suitabilityState of being apt
- congruenceState of agreement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
correspondence · match · attunement · harmony · appropriateness · conformity · integration · coherence · accord · adjustment
fitness
Good physical shape
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
variation · heritability · reproductive success · speciation · genetic drift · Darwinism · convergent evolution · gene flow · mutation · selection pressure
robustness
Resistance to failure
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
survivability · tenacity · endurance · flexibility · tolerance · acclimation · stress resistance · recovery · plasticity · coping
adaptednessmaladaptation
Poorly suited inherited trait
unfitness · mismatch · unsuitability · incompatibility · maladjustment
adaptednessrigidity
State of being unbending
inflexibility · inadaptability · fixedness · stiffness · immutability
adapt, adaptation, adaptable, adapted, adapting, adaptability, adapts, adaptive, adapter