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Antonyms for adapters

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-dap-ter
Phonetic Transcription : əˈdæp tər


Definition of adapters

Origin :
  • 1801, agent noun from adapt. Electrical engineering sense from 1907.
  • As in attachment : noun fastening
  • As in attachment : noun something joined, fastened to another
  • As in translator : noun interpreter
Example sentences :
  • The boosters and adapters that went with this type were unfamiliar to our industry.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • It may be suggested that Shakespeare was one of the most persistent of adapters.
  • Extract from : « Our Stage and Its Critics » by "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
  • Either I must have grievously awakened the ire of all the "adapters" and their friends, or the drama must be decidedly bad.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • Using the rings, which were adapters, he fitted the camera to the eyepiece of the telescope.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Stingaree » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Ever the adapters, the former communist elites converted to ardent capitalism.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Most of our American "advanced critics" are merely translators and adapters of German work.
  • Extract from : « The Things Which Remain » by Daniel A. Goodsell
  • The adapters and story-tellers differ much in their views on these questions.
  • Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry
  • Should his followers, however, shrink from downright theft, they might consent to shine as adapters.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 » by Various
  • The first case produced a complete chemical cutting unit, with an assortment of cutting tips and adapters.
  • Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Labriola, moreover, has a special merit, which marks him off from the ordinary exponents and adapters of historical materialism.
  • Extract from : « Historical materialism and the economics of Karl Marx » by Benedetto Croce

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