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ADAPTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
Synonyms:
adapter; adaptor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("adapter" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Derivation:
adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
Synonyms:
adapter; arranger; transcriber
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adapter" is a kind of...):
musician (artist who composes or conducts music as a profession)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adapter"):
orchestrator (an arranger who writes for orchestras)
Context examples:
However, recent studies have demonstrated that productive signaling via the BCR is in fact dependent on tyrosine phosphorylation of one or more adapter proteins that play a crucial role in recruitment and organization of effector proteins at the plasma membrane.
(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
