adapter

One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.

• He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.

One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.

• The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.

A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.

• He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.

A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.; Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

• The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.

A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.; Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.

• We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.

A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.; Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

• I lost my cellphone's adapter so I couldn't recharge it.

A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.