Examples of adapter in a Sentence
adapters for the food mixer include a meat grinder and an ice cream maker
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The rocket's upper stage continued into LEO with the 27 Starlink satellites; it's expected to release them from the rocket's payload adapter about one hour into flight.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Presumably director Scott Ellis and adapter Rupert Holmes wanted to land the show in a long tradition of musicals with shouted titles—from Oklahoma!
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The projector's power button is located at the center of the right hinge, with a long press bringing the unit to life when on battery, and a short press when cabled to the power adapter.
—New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
There's a lot more, though: a bag of additional shoulder screws for mounting drives onto vibration-damping grommets, the grommets themselves, a #2 Phillips-to-hex adapter socket for standoffs, three replacement snaps for the top of the right side panel, and some cable ties.
—PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Presumably director Scott Ellis and adapter Rupert Holmes wanted to land the show in a long tradition of musicals with shouted titles—from Oklahoma!
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The projector's power button is located at the center of the right hinge, with a long press bringing the unit to life when on battery, and a short press when cabled to the power adapter.
—New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
There's a lot more, though: a bag of additional shoulder screws for mounting drives onto vibration-damping grommets, the grommets themselves, a #2 Phillips-to-hex adapter socket for standoffs, three replacement snaps for the top of the right side panel, and some cable ties.
—PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Adapter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adapter. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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adapter
noun
adapt·er
variants
also adaptor
1
: someone or something that adapts
2
a
: a device for connecting two parts (as of different diameters) of a usually larger device
b
: an attachment for adapting a device for uses not originally intended
Medical Definition
adapter
noun
adapt·er
variants
also adaptor
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