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adapter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adapter noun One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
  • phonograph noun An early device for recording and playing back sound using grooved cylinders or discs, a forerunner of the record player.

Senses

adapter is used for these senses in English:

  • phonograph (British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
  • record player A device for playing phonograph records.

adapter — full definition

  1. noun One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
  2. noun One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
  3. noun A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
  4. noun Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

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