adaptor — (also adapter) ► NOUN 1) a device for connecting pieces of equipment. 2) Brit. a device for connecting more than one plug at a time or plugs of a non standard type to an electrical socket … English terms dictionary
adaptor — [[t]ədæ̱ptə(r)[/t]] adaptors also adapter 1) N COUNT An adaptor is a special device for connecting electrical equipment to a power supply, or for connecting different pieces of electrical or electronic equipment together. 2) N COUNT The adaptor… … English dictionary
adaptor — adapter UK [əˈdæptə(r)] / US [əˈdæptər] or adaptor UK / US noun [countable] Word forms adapter : singular adapter plural adapters an object that allows you to connect two pieces of equipment of different types or sizes a) British an object that… … English dictionary
adaptor — adapteris statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis ↑Aparatinės sąsajos įtaisas siejamų įtaisų signalų parametrams suderinti. Dažniausiai naudojamas išoriniams įtaisams, pavyzdžiui, kompaktinių diskų įtaisui, ↑monitoriui, ↑vairasvirtei prijungti… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
adaptor hypothesis — adaptor hypothesis. См. адапторная гипотеза. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Adaptor protein — An adaptor protein is a protein which is accessory to main proteins in a signal transduction pathway. These proteins tend to lack any intrinsic enzymatic activity themselves but instead mediate specific protein protein interactions that drive the … Wikipedia
Adaptor hypothesis — The adaptor hypothesis is part of a scheme to explain how information encoded in DNA is used to specify the amino acid sequence of proteins. It was formulated by Francis Crick in the mid 1950s, together with the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology … Wikipedia
adaptor — noun see adapter … New Collegiate Dictionary
adaptor — A protein complex associated with coated vesicles. Adaptors have been shown to promote the in vitro assembly of clathrin cages and to bind to the cytoplasmic domains of specific membrane proteins. It has been proposed that adaptors link selected… … Dictionary of molecular biology
adaptor — a·dap·tor (ə dăpʹtər) n. Variant of adapter. * * * … Universalium
