Adopter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adopter \A*dopt"er\, n.
     1. One who adopts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adopter
       n : a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her
           own child [syn: {adoptive parent}]