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FIIG:  A562M0

Entry Date:  Nov-14-1986

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  

Type:  0

Definition:  An item of various shapes and sizes, used for connecting pipelines and/or hoselines to water supply and fire brigade installations and intermediate pressure reducing components.

Basic INC:  70003

Basic Name:  ADAPTER

Description:  1. (Mechanical) Any modifying part, piece or device designed to facilitate connection, provide accommodation, enable application, and to broaden or permit the use of a given item with an unlike item of mechanical equipment when the two items are not designed for direct mating to each other. 2. (Electrical) An item which provides the necessary accommodations to electrically connect two or more items whose design or function will not normally permit their connection. It may also provide mechanical connection. See also COUPLER (as modified) and CONNECTOR (as modified). 3. (Fiber Optic) An item which provides the necessary accommodations to connect two or more items whose design or function will not normally permit their connection. It may also provide electrical connection.