ADAPTER
Adapter
An adapter or adaptor is a device that converts attributes of one device or system to those of an otherwise incompatible device or system.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Adapter
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adapter
Noun
- One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
- He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
- Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
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