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adaptivity

adaptivity

6.5
The ability to change to fit new situations
  • noun
  • /əˈdæptɪvɪti/
translation icon : adaptabilidad
  • Her adaptivity in adjusting to the new work environment impressed her colleagues.
  • adaptivity of the mesh
  • stability and adaptivity
  • adaptivity of the model

If I had to make you permanently incapable of self deception, I would have to throttle your adaptivity.

Examples

  • The adaptivity of the software allows it to function smoothly on different devices.

  • An evaluation of ACED with 268 sighted students indicated that the combination of elaborative feedback and adaptivity was effective for learning.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Yeah, yeah, it's, it's exactly that, this adaptivity issue, right?

  • However, most of these approaches emphasize the adaptivity of the model and do not maintain a long-term memory of target appearance.

    Academic text (2018)

  • With adaptivity, the total degrees of freedom of the system approximately increase from 80,000 to 300,000.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The analogy is that an organism's physical or behavioral trait may arise by some necessity that is as "architectural" as that which created the spandrels, while the apparent adaptivity may be as secondary as the spandrels' decoration.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The success of the species depends on its adaptivity to changing climates.

Synonyms

flexibility
vsadaptivity
153 3.6

Ability to change plans or actions easily to fit new situations

highlights adapting to environments or situations rather than choice
adjustment
vsadaptivity
106 3.3

Getting used to a new situation or condition

is the underlying capacity to change, not the gradual getting used to it
adaptability
vsadaptivity
11 3.9

Being able to change and work well in new situations

is a more formal expression of this ability to change
fluidity
vsadaptivity
8 5.0

How easily someone or something changes to fit new situations

is about the core capacity to change for specific new conditions
accommodation
vsadaptivity
  • Specialized
7 5.3

To change actions or ideas to fit new conditions

refers to the basic ability to change rather than the process itself
plasticity
vsadaptivity
  • Specialized
4 6.3

The ability to change or adapt easily in new situations

is a general ability to adjust across different contexts and users
adjustability
vsadaptivity
1 3.8

How easy it is to change something to fit different needs

means a person or system's capacity to alter itself in response
adaptiveness
vsadaptivity
1 4.6

Ability to change easily to new situations

focuses on general ease at responding to change
pliancy
vsadaptivity
1 6.7

A quality of changing easily in mind or body

is broader and covers systems and living organisms too
pliability
vsadaptivity
1 6.1

Able to change opinions or plans easily

focuses more on practical capacity to respond to outside conditions
suppleness
vsadaptivity
1 4.7

Being able to change ideas or plans easily

is the broader power to alter behaviour or function when needed
flexibleness
vsadaptivity
3.9

The ability to change to fit new situations

applies more to changing actions and responses across situations

How Adaptive

flexibility
153 3.6
adaptivity
6.5

Surface Forms

adaptivity singular
adaptivities plural

Morphology

adaptivity = adaptive (transparent) = adapt + ive + ity

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to 'adaptive', yielding 'the state or quality of being adaptive', which is a straightforward nominalization.

Etymology

Adaptivity comes from adapt, which breaks into ad- 'to' and apt 'fit', the same root in the English word apt meaning 'suitable'. So adaptivity is the ability to change or adjust to new conditions so something still fits or works.