adaptor
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that adapts
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any device for connecting two parts, esp ones that are of different sizes or have different mating fitments
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a plug used to connect an electrical device to a mains supply when they have different types of terminals
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a device used to connect several electrical appliances to a single mains socket
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Example Sentences
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It said on two of the heaters the plug pins snapped easily, and the Keilini-branded heater did not have a UK plug at all, but instead an EU mains plug with an adaptor.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2023
As the adaptor molecules of translation, it is surprising that tRNAs can fit so much specificity into such a small package.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Plugging directly into a power socket, it looks like a double adaptor.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021
A couple of spacewalks are also planned to add a “robotic arm adaptor and suspension system” to help with future space station construction.
From The Verge • Oct. 15, 2021
He must have speedily become the principal man in the firm, combining as he did the work of composer, reviser, and adaptor of plays with that of actor and working partner.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
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