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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
adapter
    n 1: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices
         or instruments or for another style of performance [syn:
         arranger, adapter, transcriber]
    2: device that enables something to be used in a way different
       from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces
       of apparatus compatible [syn: adapter, adaptor]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adapter \A*dapt"er\, n.
   1. One who adapts.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adopter \A*dopt"er\, n.
   1. One who adopts.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each
      other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the
      other is joined to another receiver. It is used in
      distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to
      increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite
      two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
      [Written also adapter.]
      [1913 Webster]

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