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
There’s a joke on TikTok that one person in every group is the “digital camera friend,” wrangling everyone for photos and handling SD cards and adapters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
If not, adapters are available for less than £10.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
Her purse contains a tangle of keys, adapters and what looks like a half-eaten chicken sandwich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Again, there is another group of discoverer-inventors who occupy an intermediate position between the abstract discoverers above named and the inventors and adapters of still more recent times.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
