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Meaning of "adapter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADAPTER

adapter  [əˈdæptəʳ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADAPTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adapter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ADAPTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

adapter

Adapter

An adapter or adaptor is a device that converts attributes of one device or system to those of an otherwise incompatible device or system. The term is often used to refer to AC adapters. Some adapters may only affect physical attributes: ▪ An electrical adapter may enable connection of a socket used in one region to a plug used in another by offering connections for the disparate contact arrangements, while not changing the voltage. For more, see: AC power plugs and sockets. ▪ A garden hose adapter can convert between threads and quick-release, "snap"-type connections. ▪ One kind of serial port adapter enables connections between 25-contact and nine-contact connectors, but does not affect electrical power- and signalling-related attributes. Other adapters may affect electrical attributes: ▪ An AC adapter, also called a recharger adapts household electric current from high voltage to low voltage suitable for consumer electronics. These adapters will warm through converting alternating current to direct current, but are safe to the environment and can withstand months of continuous prolonged activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADAPTER


actuator
ˈæktjʊeɪtəʳ
adjuster
əˈdʒʌstəʳ
adjustor
əˈdʒʌstəʳ
adopter
əˈdɒptəʳ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADAPTER

adapt
adaptability
adaptable
adaptableness
adaptation
adaptational
adaptationally
adaptative
adapted
adaptedness
adapter ring
adaption
adaptive
adaptive optics
adaptive radiation
adaptively
adaptiveness
adaptivity
adaptogen
adaptogenic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADAPTER

accepter
chapter
compter
copter
corrupter
diopter
disrupter
early adopter
graphics adapter
helicopter
interchapter
interrupter
opter
scepter
scripter
Social Chapter
subchapter
sumpter
Teleprompter
the Tempter

Synonyms and antonyms of adapter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adapter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADAPTER

Find out the translation of adapter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adapter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adapter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

适配器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adaptador
570 millions of speakers

English

adapter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एडाप्टर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адаптер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adaptador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এডাপটার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adaptateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyesuai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Adapter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アダプター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어댑터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adaptor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bộ chuyển đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடாப்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडॉप्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adaptör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adattatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adapter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адаптер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adaptor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσαρμογέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

adapter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adapter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adapter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adapter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADAPTER»

The term «adapter» is very widely used and occupies the 5.839 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adapter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADAPTER»

Discover the use of adapter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adapter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Discovering Computers: Fundamentals
An expansion slot is a socket on the motherboard that can hold an adapter card. An adapter card, sometimes called an expansion card, is a circuit board that enhances functions of a component of the system unit and/or provides connections to ...
Gary Shelly, Misty Vermaat, 2008
2
Hitchcock at the Source: The Auteur as Adapter
Considers the ways in which Alfred Hitchcock adapted and transformed a variety of literary works—novels, plays, and short stories—into film.
R. Barton Palmer, David Boyd, 2011
3
WebSphere Message Broker V7.0 Integration with WebSphere ...
The adapters also assist the ESBs as plug-ins at the edges of ESB mediation processing, facilitating input from adapted applications to be put on the bus or enabling the bus to deliver requests to an adapter-enabled endpoint.
Ernese Norelus, Sreekumar Rajagopalan, IBM Redbooks, 2010
4
Maintenance Instructions, Organizational Maintenance: M977 ...
Hose Assembly Bulk Hose Cutoff Length Fitting riTTina Part Number Part Number Inches (mm) A в 47250AX40U FC186-12 40 (1016.0) Adapter 63- 190600-12 Adapter 63-190600-12 47369AX134U FC350-12 134 (3403.6) Adapter 441 1-12S ...
5
Java Connector Architecture: Building Custom Connectors and ...
The book quickly moves to the design methodologies employed in adapter using the JCA. The book then progresses to information about testing and deploying adapters in a production environment.
Atul Apte, 2002
6
Pro SharePoint 2007 Development Techniques
A BizTalk receive adapter picks up the message from the channel. For instance, imagine some application is posting a message to a Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) queue. An MSMQ queue supports transactions and is able to store ...
Nikander Bruggeman, 2007
7
Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering
There is a little bit of confusion about what an Xbox VGA adapter does. Many Xbox VGA adapters are actually TV-to-VGA converters. In other words, they take the low resolution TV output from the Xbox and run it through a line doubler to yield ...
Andrew Huang, 2003
8
Business Process Management Systems: Strategy and Implementation
The adapter is considered the glue that binds an application with the message broker. On the one side, it understands the interface definition of the application. On the other side, it presents the interface definition to the message broker in the  ...
James F. Chang, 2005
9
Aviation Unit and Intermediate Maintenance Manual for Army ...
Actuator Hose Replacement, Tail Wheel Lock Actuator Hose and Adapter Replacement, Pylon Actuator Installation, No. 1 and No. 2 Engine Louver Actuator Removal, No. 1 and No. 2 Engine Louver Actuator Removal/Installation, Main ...
10
PC Mag
Description Filename Description DESKTO P.MSN Microsoft Network component EZZN D .DOS Network adapter driver DESSDLL Spreadsheet display engine E30N3.VXD NDIS 3 driver DEWP.DLL Word Processing display engine E30ND.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADAPTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adapter is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Netgear Powerline 500 review
Set up is as simple as plugging in one adapter to a wall socket near your modem/router, and then connecting that via Ethernet. In the second ... «PC Advisor, Jul 15»
2
SWAROVSKI OPTIK NORTH AMERICA Announces New …
Adapter rings are available for the following SWAROVSKI OPTIK spotting scopes and binoculars: CL Companion, EL family, (32, 42, 50), new ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
3
Dragon Dazzles at Liftoff's Dawn on Doomed SpaceX Launch to ISS …
View of International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA-2) being processed inside the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA Kennedy Space ... «Universe Today, Jul 15»
4
2015 NHL Draft: Slovak stopper Matej Tomek an adept adapter
In his first season of North American competition, the Slovakia native put forth a stellar season with the North American Hockey League's ... «Along the Boards, Jul 15»
5
Claim a FREE Gigabit USB3.0 Adapter with the TP-LINK AV1200 …
The TP-LINK USB 3.0 to Gigabit Network Ethernet Adapter, UE300 is a simple, portable way of connecting devices, without ethernet ports, to a ... «CCL Online, Jul 15»
6
Universal HDMI to VGA Adapter Kit with Audio Announced by Belkin
Being extremely useful in classrooms, offices or presentation halls, it is the only branded, multi-purpose adapter kit that gives existing ... «Softpedia News, Jun 15»
7
SpaceX set for Station Resupply Blastoff with Crew Docking Adapter
SpaceX set for Station Resupply Blastoff with Crew Docking Adapter and Bold Landing Attempt on June 28 – Watch Live. by Ken Kremer on ... «Universe Today, Jun 15»
8
Belkin Announces Universal HDMI to VGA Adapter Kit with Audio
Belkin's new adapter kit converts digital HDMI video signals into an analog signal plus audio output required by the existing VGA-dominant ... «HardwareHeaven.com, Jun 15»
9
Mobile Phone Power Adapter Market 2015 - Global Industry …
Global Mobile Phone Power Adapter Industry 2015 analyzed the world's main region market conditions, including the product price, profit, ... «CMO, Jun 15»
10
Retro Gaming Machine Gets More Compatible with Controller …
A normal set will come with a cartridge adapter, a standard controller designed after the Super Famicom controller, HDMI cable and an AC ... «Anime News Network, Jun 15»

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