Meaning of "drop in replacement" - UsingEnglish.com

The part exactly replaces the old one. It just "drops in." No adjustments, no adapters, no re-wiring, no re-programming, etc. Home Forums What'snew Members Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Help Rules Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Meaningof"dropinreplacement" Threadstarter Man_From_India Startdate Mar28,2014 M Man_From_India JuniorMember Joined Dec16,2012 MemberType InterestedinLanguage NativeLanguage Bengali;Bangla HomeCountry India CurrentLocation India Whatisthemeaningof"Dropinreplacement"?IhavesearchedInternetforthemeaningof"dropin",butnomeaningseemstogoalongwith"dropinreplacement"?   Sortbydate Sortbyvotes S SoothingDave VIPMember Joined Apr17,2009 MemberType InterestedinLanguage NativeLanguage AmericanEnglish HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates Thepartexactlyreplacestheoldone.Itjust"dropsin." Noadjustments,noadapters,nore-wiring,nore-programming,etc.   Upvote 0 Downvote emsr2d2 Moderator Staffmember Joined Jul28,2009 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK Woulditnotbea"drop-inreplacement"?   Upvote 0 Downvote S SoothingDave VIPMember Joined Apr17,2009 MemberType InterestedinLanguage NativeLanguage AmericanEnglish HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates emsr2d2said: Woulditnotbea"drop-inreplacement"? Clicktoexpand... Yes,ifyouwanttogetpicky.;-)   Upvote 0 Downvote emsr2d2 Moderator Staffmember Joined Jul28,2009 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK Iwouldhatetobeaccusedofanythingless!;-)   Upvote 0 Downvote R Rover_KE Moderator Staffmember Joined Jun20,2010 MemberType RetiredEnglishTeacher NativeLanguage English HomeCountry England CurrentLocation England Itwouldn'tbehyphenatedifusedasaverb. Inalistofinstructionsyoumightsee -Switchoffpower. -Liftoutfaultycomponent. -Dropinreplacement. -Switchpoweron.   Upvote 0 Downvote Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher ThisforumisdesignedsothatlearnerscanaskquestionstoteachersabouttheEnglishlanguage. PostTitles Threadtitlesshouldincludeallorpartoftheword/phrasebeingdiscussed.(Avoidphraseslike"HELP!","Urgent!","translationplease","howdoIsaythis","I'mnew"andsimilarexpressions.) AboutReplyingtoPosts: YouarewelcometoanswerquestionspostedintheAskaTeacherforumaslongasyoursuggestions,help,andadvicereflectagoodunderstandingoftheEnglishlanguage.Ifyouarenotateacher,youwillneedtostatethatclearlyinyourpost.Pleasenote,allpostsaremoderatedbyourin-houselanguageexperts,somakesureyoursuggestions,help,andadviceprovidethekindofinformationaninternationallanguageteacherwouldoffer.Ifnot,andyourpostsdonotcontributetothetopicinapositiveway,theywillbesubjecttodeletion. Homework: Pleasedon'taskustodoorcorrectyourhomework;thisisaplacetodiscusslanguage. Top