Bridge vs Adapter - What's the difference?
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A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
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, title= # (senseid)(label) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
# (label) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
# (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
An arch or superstructure.
# (label) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
# (label) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
# A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
# A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
# Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
# (label) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
A connection, real or abstract.
# (label) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
# (label) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
# (label) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2.
# (label) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
# (label) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
# (label) A song contained within another song, often demarcated by meter, key, or melody.
# (label) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
# (label) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
# (label) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
(label) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
To be or make a bridge over something.
To span as if with a bridge.
(music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
(wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
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# Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
# Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
# Specifically, an AC-adaptor: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
As a noun adapter is
adapter (device to allow compatibility).bridge
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Alternative forms
* bridg (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) brigge, from (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) briggen, from (etyl) ).Noun
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Derived terms
* Bailey bridge * bridge loan * bridge mount * bridge the gap * bridge over troubled waters * cross that bridge when one comes to it * drawbridge * footbridge * ice bridge * Kelvin bridge * land bridge * low bridge * Maryland bridge * Schering bridge * suspension bridge * swing bridge, swingbridge * water under the bridge * Wheatstone bridge * Wien bridgeVerb
(bridg)- With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.
- The two groups were able to bridge their differences.
- We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".
Etymology 2
Name of an older card game biritch , probably (etyl) , "one-three". "bridge." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)"bridge."Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008.
Noun
(-)- Bidding is an essential element of the game bridge .
References
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----adapter
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(wikipedia adapter)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- He was an able adapter , and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters''' plugged into '''adapters that sparked ominously.
- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
- I lost my cellphone's adaptor so I couldn't recharge it.