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transformer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transformer has 1 sense
- transformer(n = noun.artifact) Array - an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage; Array has particulars: coil, step-down transformer, step-up transformer, tesla coil, voltage regulator
is a kind of electrical device
has parts: induction coil, primary, primary coil, primary winding, secondary, secondary coil, secondary winding
Derived form verb transform7
CIDE DICTIONARY
transformer, n.
- One who, or that which, transforms. Specif.
(Elec.) , an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage. [1913 Webster] - a toy consisting of a figure or representation of an object, constructed of interlocking parts in such a way that a series of turning or twisting motions of the parts can transform the object from one type of object to a different type of object, such as from an animal to an automobile. [PJC]
-- A transformer connected in multiple or in parallel with the primary circuit. (b) A transformer with more than one primary or more than one secondary coil. -- a transformer connected in parallel.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transformer, n.
1 an apparatus for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current.
2 a person or thing that transforms.
1 an apparatus for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current.
2 a person or thing that transforms.
THESAURUS
transformer
agent, alembic, alterant, alterative, alterer, anvil, caldron, catalyst, catalytic agent, crucible, engine, ferment, innovationist, innovator, introducer, lathe, leaven, machine, melting pot, modificator, modifier, mortar, motor, precursor, retort, test tube, transducer, transmogrifier, yeast
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