adapter
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adapter From adapt + -er.
Definitions
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that…
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
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A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a…
A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
The neighborhood
- neighborAC adapter
- neighboranalog telephone adapter
- neighborcell phone adapter
- neighborClaisen adapter
- neighborIPv4 adapter
- neighborIPv6 adapter
- neighborLAN adapter
- neighbornetwork adapter
- neighborphone adapter
- neighborphone to PC adapter
- neighborpower adapter
Derived
adaptability, adaptable, adaptableness, adaptably, adaptation, adaptational, adaptative, adaptatively, adaptativeness, adaptedness, adaptee, adapter pattern, adaption, adaptional, adaptitude, adaptive, adaptively, adaptiveness, adaptly, adaptness, adaptorial, class adapter pattern, double adapter, expansion adapter, graphics adapter, microadapter, object adapter pattern, seroadapter, travel adapter, USB adapter, wireless adapter
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No curated loop yet for adapter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA