 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adapter
noun
1: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or
instruments or for another style of performance [syn: {arranger},
{transcriber}]
2: device that enables something to be used in a way different
from that for which it was intended or makes different
pieces of apparatus compatible [syn: {adaptor}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adapter \A*dapt"er\, noun
1. One who adapts.
2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.
3. (Chem., Elec., Mech.) Any device connecting two parts of
an apparatus (e.g. tubes of different diameters, or
electric cords with different plug types); a device
allowing an apparatus to be used for purposes other than
originally intended.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adopter \A*dopt"er\, noun
1. One who adopts.
2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each
other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the
other is joined to another receiver. It is used in
distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to
increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite
two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
[Written also {adapter}.]
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