adapter
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The cube-like adapter converts the current from the wall into lower-voltage power that flows through the cord and into the device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Last week, he was comfortable admitting to BBC Scotland that he had packed a European plug adapter for his summer trip to the US.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
"Just as a USB adapter allows devices with different connectors to work together, Floquet magnons could bridge frequencies that would otherwise remain incompatible."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
The most practical option was an old-school corded phone and a cellular-to-landline adapter.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
The power adapter was there but no laptop.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Unless you carry a suitcase full of gadgets, cables and adapters, you’re risking every kind of tech frustration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
If not, adapters are available for less than £10.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Customers purchase what they need a la carte — a combination of jacket hoses, nozzles, valves and adapters that, when assembled, vastly increases the water flow rate from a homeowner’s outdoor faucet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
Ford has been mailing adapters to owners of its older electric vehicles so they can connect to Tesla’s chargers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
That Hartmann did not escape the besetting sin of all adapters, and especially of all mediæval adapters, the sin of amplification and watering down, is quite true.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
