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FIIG:  A23900

Entry Date:  Feb-14-1992

Concept:  1

Status:  A

Applicability:  A

Type:  0

Definition:  An item which provides facilities for mechanically connecting an item to be tested and a piece of test equipment. It may include hydraulic and/or pneumatic functions. Do not use for CONNECTOR, MULTIPLE, FLUID MEASURE LINE or MANIFOLD, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ACCESSORIES or the like. Excludes: ADAPTER (2), TEST.

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.