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adapters for the food mixer include a meat grinder and an ice cream maker
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Epicka Universal Travel Adapter Stay powered in any corner of the world with this compact travel adapter that works in more than 200 countries.
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The air fryer system is completely portable and includes a PowerPod heating device, a 6-quart glass container, and a 4-cup glass container, container adapters, and storage lids to bake, air fry, and crisp chicken, french fries, salmon, and much more.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
The MasterFrame 600’s factory configuration uses the power supply mounting flange to close off the bottom of the expansion slot panel, so its installation kit includes an adapter plate to close off the same area whenever a builder decides to instead mount its power supply above the motherboard.
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
In operation, each end of a segment of DNA is attached to a molecule called an adapter that contains a helicase enzyme.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The air fryer system is completely portable and includes a PowerPod heating device, a 6-quart glass container, and a 4-cup glass container, container adapters, and storage lids to bake, air fry, and crisp chicken, french fries, salmon, and much more.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
The MasterFrame 600’s factory configuration uses the power supply mounting flange to close off the bottom of the expansion slot panel, so its installation kit includes an adapter plate to close off the same area whenever a builder decides to instead mount its power supply above the motherboard.
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
In operation, each end of a segment of DNA is attached to a molecule called an adapter that contains a helicase enzyme.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Adapter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adapter. Accessed 9 Oct. 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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