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retrofit

DEFINITIONS OF: retrofit

1

v provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture

“They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors”
Type of:
furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to

v fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house

“The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing”
Type of:
instal, install, put in, set up
set up for use

v substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones

“The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes”
Type of:
modernise, modernize, overhaul
make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

n a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured

Type of:
component, constituent, element
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

n the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured

“the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles”
Type of:
addition
the act of adding one thing to another
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