Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who casually drops in, as to visit or obtain an appointment.
- noun An informal social event.
- adjective Provided for short-term use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective provided for
short-term use - adjective manufacturing fit to substitute some element in a complex system without changes to the existing infrastructure
- noun one who casually drops in.
- noun informal social event
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Examples
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Products like Virent's are known as "drop-in" fuels because they can be put into the nation's existing fueling infrastructure and even produced at existing refineries.
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In fact, Chameleon is being referred to as a drop-in replacement for UIKit, and in many cases, that's all that needs to be changed in order for an iOS app to run on the Mac.
Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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The year before she arrived, the school could have been described as a drop-in community center, with students doing as they pleased.
Richard Whitmire: What's Working in Urban Schools Richard Whitmire 2011
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