adapter
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Miscommunications between adapter and charger can fry the device or even spark fires, warns Michael Pecht, a mechanical-engineering professor at the University of Maryland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
"There was an adapter charging system - full of chargers - and the fire comes out of that."
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 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
These adapters still need some heft for thermal management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
If not, adapters are available for less than £10.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Mantle used adapters to fit various other lenses onto the phones, including a telescope.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
Whatever your opinions of that series — and there are plenty — it laid out the duo’s strengths as adapters and their weaknesses as creators of original material.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
However difficult it may be to realise the fact, true admiration for Shakespeare's genius seems to have flourished in the breasts of all the adapters, great and small.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Sir Sidney Lee
