adaptor
adapter
/ (əˈdæptə) /
a person or thing that adapts
any device for connecting two parts, esp ones that are of different sizes or have different mating fitments
a plug used to connect an electrical device to a mains supply when they have different types of terminals
a device used to connect several electrical appliances to a single mains socket
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How to use adaptor in a sentence
One of note is a compact power adaptor with a protective cover.
The artist and the adaptor have still hardly begun to work with the endless variety of substances now at their disposal.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe adaptor piece may have a face mould worked upon it to give a pilaster-like appearance if fancy so dictates.
Woodwork Joints | William FairhamWe can do some of these things by apparatus designed by the brain of man—and man really is but an imitator and adaptor of Nature.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers | Swami PanchadasiThe adaptor deserves great credit for altering as little as possible.
A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. Lucas
He is styled the inventor of the velvet pile in tapestry, but it were better to call him the adaptor.
The Tapestry Book | Helen Churchill Candee
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