noun
also adap·tor əˈdaptə(r) also aˈ-
( -s )
1. : one that adapts: as
a. : a writer who adapts novels or magazine stories to motion-picture use
b. : a music arranger
2.
a. : any of various devices used in adjusting or fitting to each other the separate parts of a machine or apparatus whose design is such that adjustment or fitting would otherwise not be possible (as two pipes of different diameters)
b. : any of several attachments for a camera or other apparatus to fit it for uses for which it was not originally made (as for a plate camera to permit the use of films)
c. : a fitting usually of glass or metal that serves to connect one tube to another or to deliver an effluent from a condenser into a receiver in a distillation apparatus
d. : a circuit or circuit element added to change the performance of an electronic apparatus in response to different actuating conditions
a color adapter for black-and-white television sets
e. : a device (as a bushing) used to obtain proper fit of the fuse for assembly and functioning of a shell or bomb