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FIIG:  A080B0

Entry Date:  May-16-1986

Concept:  1

Status:  A

Applicability:  A

Type:  0

Definition:  An adapter having standard hose threads on one end, an incomplete part of a threaded end connection that grips the hose directly, or an unthreaded end designed to accommodate a hose. The other end is designed to mate with a COUPLING, CLAMP, GROOVED. It is designed to join a hose or hose fitting to a COUPLING HALF, GROOVED CLAMP CONNECTING in a straight line.

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.