Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense retrofits, present participle retrofitting, past tense, past participle retrofitted
verb
To retrofit a machine or a building means to put new parts or new equipment in it after it has been in use for some time, especially to improve its safety or make it work better.
Much of this business involves retrofitting existing planes. [VERB noun]
Damaged houses have been repaired, roads repaved and buildings retrofitted. [VERB noun]
Retrofit is also a noun.
A retrofit may involve putting in new door jambs.
The retrofit program will be carried out at the Montreal facilities.
retrofit in British English
(ˈrɛtrəʊˌfɪt)
verbWord forms: -fits, -fitting or -fitted
(transitive)
to equip (a vehicle, piece of equipment, etc) with new parts, safety devices, etc, after manufacture
retrofit in American English
(ˈrɛtrəˌfɪt)
US
noun
1.
a change in design, construction, or equipment, as of an aircraft or machine tool already in operation, in order to incorporate later improvements
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈretroˌfitted or ˈretroˌfitting
2.
to modify with a retrofit
Word origin
retro- & fit1
retrofit in the Oil and Gas Industry
(rɛtroʊfɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) retrofits
noun
(Extractive engineering: Refinery processes)
A retrofit is the addition of new technology to older systems.
The goal of the retrofit was to modify the existing burners to eliminate coke firing.
In a retrofit, refineries aim to achieve reduced energy consumption and increased capacity by reusingthe existing equipment efficiently rather than installing new columns and heat exchangers.
A retrofit is the addition of new technology to older systems.
Examples of 'retrofit' in a sentence
retrofit
There weren't any genetic surgeons good enough to do a retrofit this convincing.