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Meanings of adaptor in English

Portuguese
adaptador
Catalan
adaptador
Spanish
ladrón

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.

adaptador
Usage of adaptor in English
1
SHC genes codify for a family of adaptor molecules comprising four genes.
Pubmed
2
So I'll buy a new universal adaptor and remember to pack it!
News.com.au
3
ILK functions as a central adaptor for the assembly of IPP complex.
Pubmed
4
He wants me to put my name to it as the adaptor.
Paul Kelver
5
An AC adaptor will be supplied with the console in North America.
The Guardian
6
Or simply stopping over for a short period without the correct country adaptor?
News.com.au
7
Unfortunately, being an early adaptor can carry something of a premium.
The Irish Times
8
The method is based on a ligation-mediated adaptor linker PCR approach.
Pubmed
9
These results define the first known function for Insert B in DRP-adaptor interactions.
Pubmed
10
LifeStraw Universal is the first water bottle adaptor kit with a 2-stage filter.
Climbing Magazine
11
At the centre of this conserved mammalian mechanism stands the adaptor protein STING.
Pubmed
12
The activity of these motors is regulated by nonmotor adaptor proteins.
Pubmed
13
SAP is an intracellular adaptor molecule composed almost exclusively of an SH2 domain.
Pubmed
14
We also like gadgets that plug into your car's 12V adaptor.
Wired
15
I'm sure the adaptor will be pleased, whoever he was.
The Irish Times
16
Are they also linked to the sensors, like two lamps on a two-way adaptor?'
Self's punishment
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Translations for adaptor
Spanish
ladrón
Adaptor through the time
Adaptor across language varieties
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