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Webster 1913 Edition
Adopter
A-dopt′er
,Noun.
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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Adopter
ADOPT'ER
, n.1.
One who adopts.2.
In chimistry, a large round receiver, with two necks, diametrically 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, or to increase the length of the neck of a retort.