A*dopt"er (#), n.

1.

One who adopts.

2. 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.]

 

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