What's the difference between adapter and device?

Adapter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who adapts.
  • (n.) A connecting tube; an adopter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
  • (2) The adaptive filter processor was tested for retrospective identification of artifacts in 20 male volunteers who performed the following specific movements between epochs of quiet, supine breathing: raising arms and legs (slowly, quickly, once, and several times), sitting up, breathing deeply and rapidly, and rolling from a supine to a lateral decubitus position.
  • (3) Caries-related bacteriological and biochemical factors were studied in 12 persons with low and 11 persons with normal salivary-secretion rates before and after a four-week period of frequent mouthrinses with 10% sorbitol solution (adaptation period).
  • (4) The lengths and heights of the scalae tympani in ten pairs of serially sectioned temporal bones were measured by an adaptation of the serial section method of cochlear reconstruction.
  • (5) Their adaptive problems became worse while growing older until the age of 20.
  • (6) A more radical surgery is recommended but with the limitation that the operative method must be adapted to the operative finding.
  • (7) Thus it appears that a portion of the adaptation to prolonged and intense endurance training that is responsible for the higher lactate threshold in the trained state persists for a long time (greater than 85 days) after training is stopped.
  • (8) Second, this report can be adopted and adapted by the entire health service, from dental practices to ambulances, from GP surgeries to acute hospitals.
  • (9) The morphology and physiology of the large adapting unit (LAU: Fig.
  • (10) We therefore conclude that the hyperphagia of chronic exercise in humans may be linked with significant gastrointestinal adaptations.
  • (11) However, this inhibition was not found in rats treated with castor oil for 3 d. Moreover, 5-HT concentration in the midbrain significantly decreased in rats that acquired the adaptability for the occurrence of diarrhea.
  • (12) Other experiments and results concerning spontaneous tumour frequency suggest that the strain is well adapted to standard environmental conditions, and could be useful for biomedical research.
  • (13) 98, 309-319] was adapted for the measurement of the asialoglycoprotein receptor in rat liver.
  • (14) During the first three weeks of adaptation drastic changes in the parameter were seen.
  • (15) The architecture of the aortic wall is highly organized, for adaptation to changes of blood pressure.
  • (16) Results of this sort are reminiscent of several related findings that have been attributed to auditory adaptation or enhancement, or to a temporally developing critical-band filter.
  • (17) Previous FTIR measurements have identified several tyrosine residues that change their absorption characteristics between light-adapted BR and dark-adapted BR, or between intermediates K and M [Dollinger, G., Eisenstein, L., Lin, S.-L., Nakanishi, K., Odashima, K., & Termini, J.
  • (18) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
  • (19) A plaque hybridization assay was adapted to rotavirus.
  • (20) The data suggest that the hypothalamic beta-E containing neurons were unable to adapt to nicotine's repeated effects on this system.

Device


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  • (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  • (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
  • (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
  • (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
  • (n.) A spectacle or show.
  • (n.) Opinion; decision.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
  • (2) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
  • (3) Core biopsy with computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US) guidance may be such an alternative, particularly when a spring-loaded firing device is used.
  • (4) Socially acceptable urinary control was achieved in 90 per cent of the 139 patients with active devices in place.
  • (5) Good fixation was obtained in 4 cases using Steffee's devices.
  • (6) The image was altered in the expected way, which means that the device is suitable for investigating the possibilities of different filters to improve the diagnostic ability.
  • (7) Streaming is shown to occur in water in the focused beams produced by a number of medical pulse-echo devices.
  • (8) A device allowing pressure to be applied to a local skin site where the skin blood flow is followed using laser Doppler flowmetry is described.
  • (9) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
  • (10) The Nd-Yag-Laser seems to be a useful device in transsphenoidal surgery due to its potent coagulation effect and comfortable handling.
  • (11) However, localizing a functional region with PET has been severely limited by the poor resolving properties of PET devices.
  • (12) The devices worked as well on postphlebitic legs as on normal ones.
  • (13) Ten patients have undergone abdominal proctocolectomy with the formation of an ileal reservoir anastomosed onto the anal canal using a stapling device.
  • (14) The lack of pedestrian crossing devices, crosswalks, or sidewalks, however, was not associated with an increased risk.
  • (15) He added that 45% of traffic to Local World's extensive portfolio of websites – 76 newspaper sites, 26 This is … sites and 400 hyper local sites – comes from mobile devices.
  • (16) The latter animals were raised in an automated feeding device (Autosow) with an artificial diet simulating the nutritional composition of sow milk.
  • (17) "Android’s gain came mainly at the expense of BlackBerry, which saw its global smartphone share dip from 4 percent to 1 percent in the past year due to a weak line-up of BB10 devices," said Strategy Analytics' senior analyst Scott Bicheno.
  • (18) The authors consider that this device increases safety during this potentially hazardous procedure by eliminating the flammable polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube and cottonoid packings most frequently used during this procedure.
  • (19) A training device is used in conjunction with an exercise program to teach muscle control for retention of a mandibular denture.
  • (20) We also used an optical device to stabilize images of the real world upon the retina.