adopter Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
adoptive parent.
WordNet
A*dopt"er noun
Definitions
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One who adopts. -
(Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters. Written also adapter .
