Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Adapter   Listen
noun
Adapter  n.  
1.
One who adapts.
2.
(Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Adapter" Quotes from Famous Books



... all. Between that Tuesday and Friday an indecent assault had been committed on his book by a theatrical adapter named Stirling, who seized upon it without leave while yet only a third of it was written; hacked, cut, and garbled its dialogue to the shape of one or two farcical actors; invented for it a plot and ...
— The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete • John Forster
... Schiller's subsequent influence and reputation, for discussion in the concluding chapter, let us now turn to a brief survey of his unfinished plays and of his more important work as translator and adapter. ...
— The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller • Calvin Thomas


Words linked to "Adapter" :   adaptor, transcriber, device, musician, orchestrator, display adapter


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com