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  • adjective Alternative spelling of retrofitted.

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Examples

  • Most designs can be retro-fitted, which is trade-speak for "no need to replace the whole shower fitting", or even to call in the plumber you couldn't find anyway.

    Evening Standard - Home Barbara Chandler 2011

  • “Alice in Wonderland” was not shot using stereoscopic cameras, but instead retro-fitted to be 3D later, and it shows only in the fact that there are no gimmicky jump-out moments.

    Movie Review: Alice in Wonderland » Scene-Stealers 2010

  • A GPS-equipped motor head and remote control can be retro-fitted to a variety of current Minn Kota bow mounts and cost about $400.

    Trolling Motor Runs By GPS 2009

  • Reports from around one of the main hit areas, Tully, is that new construction since 1985 have survived very well and houses rebuilt since then or retro-fitted have also survived.

    Cyclone Yasi: Queensland takes stock of damage 2011

  • A home-owner occupied house, in general, will be better maintained and more likely to have energy saving features either originally installed or retro-fitted later. linus Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Subsidizing Homeownership 2009

  • Both the Soyuz and Proton could be retro-fitted with the NK33/43 engines and in so doing, realise much better performance than current; whilst the Proton would be a safer vehicle in ditching the NTOX/UDMH propellants.

    Replacing Soyuz - NASA Watch 2009

  • Tesla buys cars from Lotus and ships them to the US where they are retro-fitted with electric motors and batteries for their all-electric sporty car.

    Steve Parker: Three automotive stories you want to know 2010

  • Last Legends of Earth, with its irredeemably villainous Zotl, enigmatic Rimstalkers, and complex retro-fitted solar system, was a stunning payoff.

    MIND MELD: Underrated Authors 2008

  • The other rooftops on Sheffield and Waveland avenues are apartment buildings that have been retro-fitted for their baseball use, Gramatis says.

    No. 4: Rooftop seats offer best of both worlds at Wrigley Field 2008

  • It's this beguiling mix of attention to detail, beautiful graphics and ingenious, thoughtful touches (I noted a pair of WW2 biplanes flying overhead as you're driven from the airport in the game's opening sequence) which begins to show how Mafia 2, despite the aforementioned similarities, is a game that offers far more than a mere retro-fitted "Niko in the 50s" GTA-clone.

    Mafia 2 preview 2010

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