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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adopter \A*dopt"er\, n. 1. One who adopts. 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adapter \A*dapt"er\, n. 1. One who adapts. 2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adapter n 1: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance [syn: {arranger}] 2: enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended [syn: {adaptor}]
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