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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:

Nouns denoting people

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)

Credits

 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)