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Definition of adapter in English: adapter(also adaptor) noun əˈdaptəəˈdæptər 1A device for connecting pieces of equipment that cannot be connected directly. the adapter converts the lens focal length to 5.5 mm a tube fixed to the cleaner by means of an adapter Example sentencesExamples - This process uses slide-in connectors to offer the compatibility for the different connections without using adapters, which often take up un-needed room in your case.
- The power adapter connector is placed rather unusually, along the center of the case, right above the base.
- I'd forgotten the plug adaptor for my laptop: a new one arrived at the door within 90 seconds.
- But Middleton points out that most computers are now shipped with pre-installed Ethernet cards, and many can be connected with a plug-in adapter.
- There's also a connector (and an adapter if you need it) for handling different types of monitors.
- With a boat, however, electricity is routed through a gauntlet of adapters and shore power connections that depend on friction to maintain contact.
- Unpacking the box you find a plethora of connectors and adapters for what ever might float your boat.
- It is an adaptor that converts the analog signal that is generated by your standard phone into a digital signal.
- You need to connect a bluetooth adaptor to your phoneline, however.
- You'll need a plastic PVC cap for one end of the pipe, and on the other end you'll need an adapter to convert the PVC pipe to a standard pipe thread.
- Limitations at the moment include it not supporting PC Card network adapters or USB broadband connections.
- The mobile radio telephone system includes a hand held unit, a cassette adapter, and a coupling unit.
- Many service providers will provide you with the equipment that you need such as phone adapters and software.
- The adapter transfers that piece of data between the two programs, making sure it ends up in the right place.
- As mentioned earlier, there are two adapters to convert the DVI connections for standard VGA use.
- Anything electrical will require an adaptor plug for use overseas.
- Gamers in North America can now battle each other online with the release of adapters to connect the Playstation2 to the internet…
- You can buy an inexpensive adaptor for your equipment when you arrive in Hong Kong.
- In the latter case, there's also an option to run an audio input directly to your intercom, rather than using the adapter for your headset.
- If you're traveling abroad, make sure you take the correct electrical conversion adapters for your equipment.
- 1.1 A device for connecting several electric plugs to one socket.
Example sentencesExamples - A North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue spokesman said the cause of the blaze was an overloaded electrical socket adapter.
- So picture me, kneeling on my bed, trying to jiggle loose this plug, which is plugged into a six-plug adapter.
- One of the most common sights in some student accommodation is the use of a Multi-plug adaptor, which supplies electricity to several appliances
- The overloaded adaptor was removed and John was asked to plug the toaster in safely.
- If you use an adaptor ensure that you dont overload the circuit by using heavy usage appliances together as you risk causing a fire.
2A person who adapts a text to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or the stage. Example sentencesExamples - The adapter / writer on this occasion was Giles Cooper, with Robert Banks Stewart producing.
- Their relationship is perfectly told and both actors rise to the occasion served up to them by the original author and the adaptor.
- Clearly, credit is also due to Michael Fry, the adaptor and director, whose stagecraft and expertise in filling the stage with imaginary crowds and processions is almost beyond praise.
- In an effort to make a film more accessible to your average cinemagoer, adaptors make the mistake of changing the story too much and losing the point.
- BBC Four presents a season of work this Christmas by the prolific BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer and adapter Andrew Davies.
- Actor and dramatic writer and adaptor Rodney Ackland, is responsible for at least 30 plays and adaptations.
- He does what Graham Greene adapters rarely do… he captures Greene's sense of fate and coincidence.
- As with most programs adapted from true events, the adaptors took some dramatic license.
- The plays are excellently staged by the adaptor and designed with frugal artistry, making an altogether satisfactory evening.
- There are many traps that Shakespeare film adaptors can fall into - too noisy, too simplified, too much emoting, acting that fails to convey the words with meaning.
- Nor does it demonstrate that only writers can escape the label of adapter, since there are several noted film adapters sanctified by the name of auteur.
- As an adaptor, I was constantly thinking about this problem.
- Homer haunts the imaginations of countless poets, translators and adapters in English.
- It did matter to the film adapters of his work; they often invented other murderers, different motivations.
- The book's adaptors were Spanish playwright Pablo Ley and English dramatist Allan Baker and the director was Josep Galindo of Spain.
- While the latter presented the plays with minimal trimming, An Age of Kings' adapter Eric Crozier cut the text into schedule-friendly 60 and 75 minute episodes.
- Of course, the actor / adapters were working from a trio of somebody else's novels, rather than directly from their own imagination.
- When adapters approach source texts, he seems to suggest, they should assume that whatever is, is right.
- His present-day position of film adapter of Italian films into English stems from this early period.
Definition of adapter in US English: adapter(also adaptor) nounəˈdaptərəˈdæptər 1A device for connecting pieces of equipment that cannot be connected directly. the adapter converts the lens focal length to 5.5 mm a tube fixed to the cleaner by means of an adapter Example sentencesExamples - Limitations at the moment include it not supporting PC Card network adapters or USB broadband connections.
- Many service providers will provide you with the equipment that you need such as phone adapters and software.
- If you're traveling abroad, make sure you take the correct electrical conversion adapters for your equipment.
- The adapter transfers that piece of data between the two programs, making sure it ends up in the right place.
- This process uses slide-in connectors to offer the compatibility for the different connections without using adapters, which often take up un-needed room in your case.
- Anything electrical will require an adaptor plug for use overseas.
- I'd forgotten the plug adaptor for my laptop: a new one arrived at the door within 90 seconds.
- You need to connect a bluetooth adaptor to your phoneline, however.
- With a boat, however, electricity is routed through a gauntlet of adapters and shore power connections that depend on friction to maintain contact.
- Gamers in North America can now battle each other online with the release of adapters to connect the Playstation2 to the internet…
- You'll need a plastic PVC cap for one end of the pipe, and on the other end you'll need an adapter to convert the PVC pipe to a standard pipe thread.
- Unpacking the box you find a plethora of connectors and adapters for what ever might float your boat.
- But Middleton points out that most computers are now shipped with pre-installed Ethernet cards, and many can be connected with a plug-in adapter.
- The mobile radio telephone system includes a hand held unit, a cassette adapter, and a coupling unit.
- The power adapter connector is placed rather unusually, along the center of the case, right above the base.
- It is an adaptor that converts the analog signal that is generated by your standard phone into a digital signal.
- There's also a connector (and an adapter if you need it) for handling different types of monitors.
- As mentioned earlier, there are two adapters to convert the DVI connections for standard VGA use.
- In the latter case, there's also an option to run an audio input directly to your intercom, rather than using the adapter for your headset.
- You can buy an inexpensive adaptor for your equipment when you arrive in Hong Kong.
2A person who adapts a text to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or the stage. Example sentencesExamples - While the latter presented the plays with minimal trimming, An Age of Kings' adapter Eric Crozier cut the text into schedule-friendly 60 and 75 minute episodes.
- Their relationship is perfectly told and both actors rise to the occasion served up to them by the original author and the adaptor.
- BBC Four presents a season of work this Christmas by the prolific BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer and adapter Andrew Davies.
- Of course, the actor / adapters were working from a trio of somebody else's novels, rather than directly from their own imagination.
- The book's adaptors were Spanish playwright Pablo Ley and English dramatist Allan Baker and the director was Josep Galindo of Spain.
- It did matter to the film adapters of his work; they often invented other murderers, different motivations.
- When adapters approach source texts, he seems to suggest, they should assume that whatever is, is right.
- The adapter / writer on this occasion was Giles Cooper, with Robert Banks Stewart producing.
- Nor does it demonstrate that only writers can escape the label of adapter, since there are several noted film adapters sanctified by the name of auteur.
- As with most programs adapted from true events, the adaptors took some dramatic license.
- He does what Graham Greene adapters rarely do… he captures Greene's sense of fate and coincidence.
- The plays are excellently staged by the adaptor and designed with frugal artistry, making an altogether satisfactory evening.
- As an adaptor, I was constantly thinking about this problem.
- Actor and dramatic writer and adaptor Rodney Ackland, is responsible for at least 30 plays and adaptations.
- Clearly, credit is also due to Michael Fry, the adaptor and director, whose stagecraft and expertise in filling the stage with imaginary crowds and processions is almost beyond praise.
- Homer haunts the imaginations of countless poets, translators and adapters in English.
- His present-day position of film adapter of Italian films into English stems from this early period.
- There are many traps that Shakespeare film adaptors can fall into - too noisy, too simplified, too much emoting, acting that fails to convey the words with meaning.
- In an effort to make a film more accessible to your average cinemagoer, adaptors make the mistake of changing the story too much and losing the point.
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