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microadapter

microadapter noun: any of various adapters that operate on a microscopic scale.

Noun

microadapter (plural microadapters)

  1. Any of various adapters that operate on a microscopic scale.
    • The addition of a microadapter in accordance with the increasing proportion of microsurgical procedures in neurosurgery.2013, Leon Goldman, The Biomedical Laser: Technology and Clinical Applications, page 220
    • The smaller adapter types resemble mini- or microadapters, but that additional pins in a lateral extension which makes USB 3.0 mini- or microadapters incompatible with older devices.2017, Boris Adryan, Dominik Obermaier, Paul Fremantle, The Technical Foundations of IoT, page 235

Forms of microadapter

pluralmicroadapters

Origin of microadapter

From micro- + adapter.

Questions about microadapter

What does microadapter mean?
Microadapter means any of various adapters that operate on a microscopic scale.
What part of speech is microadapter?
Microadapter is a noun.
What is the plural of microadapter?
The plural of microadapter is microadapters.

Words near microadapter in the dictionary

  1. microactivism
  2. microactivity
  3. microactuation
  4. microactuator
  5. microactuators
  6. microadapter
  7. microadapters
  8. microaddress
  9. microaddresses
  10. microadenoma
  11. microadenomas

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