as in to rebuild
to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built
The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations. We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system.
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Starting in the highest-risk areas, existing structures must be retrofitted to add fire-resistant features and create surrounding defensible space.
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Tom Corringham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
The team also retrofitted the interiors of local Jersey spots into Dylan’s early performing haunts.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
The company can retrofit an existing lamppost into a Level 2 charger in one to two hours, at a fraction of the cost of installing direct-current units.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Their approach is to rapidly repurpose dormant facilities into AI/HPC centers that can be retrofitted at a fraction of the time and cost, while supporting local communities and deploying on-site microgrid power generation—like Nat Gas—alongside utility power.
—Dean Debiase, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Tom Corringham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
The team also retrofitted the interiors of local Jersey spots into Dylan’s early performing haunts.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
The company can retrofit an existing lamppost into a Level 2 charger in one to two hours, at a fraction of the cost of installing direct-current units.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Their approach is to rapidly repurpose dormant facilities into AI/HPC centers that can be retrofitted at a fraction of the time and cost, while supporting local communities and deploying on-site microgrid power generation—like Nat Gas—alongside utility power.
—Dean Debiase, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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