The phrase "adaptation down" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing a reduction or simplification of adaptations, but clarity is essential.
Example: "The team decided on an adaptation down of the project to meet the new budget constraints."
Alternatives: "simplification of adaptation" or "reduction in adaptation".
Mr. Hassler said that Ms. Meyer was involved in "every panel of every page" of the adaptation, down to the dialogue balloons.
The attention-getting success of Luhrmann's adaptation, down to its graffiti-like branding — he titled his movie "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" — clearly had a significant effect on the director David Leveaux's current revival (at the Richard Rodgers).
With so much movement, the tale can easily drag a stage adaptation down.
But Gordon's adaptation plays down both Charlie's financial desperation and deep unpleasantness.
The instinctive fear of spiders and other potentially venomous creepy-crawlies is an adaptation handed down to us from our ancestors whose fear reflex prevented them from succumbing to a poisonous bite just long enough to breed.
USA Today's Claudia Puig writes, "Though fans of the Broadway musical may find the screen adaptation tamped down and lacking in detail, the film features stunning production design and a charming cast".
This perfect adaptation breaks down when the system reaches the point of maximum induction of G, where it exhibits a threshold for Y.
One controls metabolic adaptation by down-regulating lipid and steroid biosynthesis and glucose catabolism, and by increasing free fatty acid beta-oxidation.
In these cases, introgression may interfere with epistatic interactions by disrupting local adaptations and breaking down co-adapted gene complexes.
A new BBC adaptation of Watership Down will feature John Boyega, the actor who sprang to fame in the new Star Wars film, in an all-star cast including James McAvoy, Ben Kingsley and Gemma Arterton.
A new theory proposes that humans lost their thick fur as an adaptation to cut down on parasites and that smooth skin became a sexy symbol of health.
