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Definition of Adaptors
1. adaptor [n] - See also: adaptor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adaptors
Literary usage of Adaptors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to Venice & the Veneto by Marissa Fabris (2005)
"Electrical Current/adaptors Italy's electrical current is 220 volts, much the
same as many other European countries. The plugs have two round prongs and, ..."
2. The Book of the Rifle by Thomas Francis Fremantle (1901)
"... THE MORRIS TUBE—adaptors FOR MILITARY RIFLES THE developement of sporting
rifles, beginning, as we have seen, earlier than that of military rifles, has, ..."
3. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1810)
"The distillation was performed, the adaptors and tubs being full of common air:
8 cubical inches of gas were produced j and there must have remained in the ..."
4. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"The distillation was performed, the adaptors and tube being full of common air:
8 cubical inches of gas were produced; and there must have remained in the ..."
5. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1811)
"Nine cubical inches of gas were given off, and \ of a cubical inch remained in
the retort and adaptors. Of the 9 cubical inches, | of a cubical inch was ..."
6. Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1916)
"It is unfortunate that many adaptors are so lacking in imagination that ...
If the work of the adaptors is studied it will be found that the men who are ..."
7. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"Adjustable adaptors for Multiple Spindle Drilling Heads. ... This standard has
been prepared to meet the need for these adaptors to be interchangeable, ..."
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