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Noun: adapter  u'dap-tu(r)
  1. 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
    "He needed a power adapter to charge his laptop in Europe";
    - adaptor
     
  2. A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
    "The adapter transformed the classical piece into a jazz standard";
    - arranger, transcriber, adaptor

Derived forms: adapters

Type of: device, musician

Encyclopedia: Adapter