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retrofit definition

☆ retro·fit (re′trə fit′)

noun

a change in design, construction, or equipment, as of an aircraft or machine tool already in operation, in order to incorporate later improvements

Etymology: retro- & fit

transitive verb, intransitive verb retrofitted -·fit′·ted, retrofitting -·fit′·ting

to modify with a retrofit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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