| adopter | 1. One who adopts. 2. <chemistry> 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. Alternative forms: adapter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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