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adapter definition

adapt·er or adaptor adap′·tor (ə dap′tər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that adapts
  2. a contrivance for adapting apparatus to new uses
  3. a connecting device for parts that would not otherwise fit together

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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