converter
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converters
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a person or thing that converts.
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Electricity. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa.
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Metallurgy. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast of air is forced, as in making steel by the Bessemer process.
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Television. decoder.
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Radio and Television. an auxiliary device that permits a receiver to pick up frequencies or channels for which it was not originally designed.
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Physics. a reactor for converting one kind of fuel into another kind.
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a person who is engaged in converting textile fabrics, especially cotton cloths, from the raw state into the finished product ready for the market by bleaching, dyeing, etc.
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Also called converter lens. Photography. an additional lens attached to a lens in use on a camera to alter focal length, mounted in front of a lens to produce a wide-angle effect wide-angle converter, or wide-angle converter lens or between the lens and the camera body to produce a telephoto effect teleconverter, or extender.
noun
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a person or thing that converts
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physics
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a device for converting alternating current to direct current or vice versa
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a device for converting a signal from one frequency to another or from analogue to digital forms
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a vessel in which molten metal is refined, using a blast of air or oxygen See also Bessemer converter L-D converter
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short for converter reactor
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computing a device for converting one form of coded information to another, such as an analogue-to-digital converter
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An electrical device that changes the form of an electric signal or power source, as by converting alternating current to direct current, or an analog signal to a digital signal.
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Compare rectifier transformer
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An electronic device that changes the frequency of a radio or other electromagnetic signal.
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In 2023, the Texas Legislature unanimously passed a law raising auto insurance costs for Texans by $1 to combat rampant catalytic converter theft.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Two of the department’s units spent three months investigating links among a series of catalytic converter thefts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Piezoelectric-based converters aren't quite ready to replace existing power converter technologies yet," Mercier added.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026
The converter attachment, which had cost them one hundred dollars, automatically supplied her name whenever the announcer addressed his anonymous audience, leaving a blank where the proper syllables could be filled in.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
Orange County officials estimate the value of the recovered catalytic converters is around $4.3 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
If you follow-up with early converters years later, they are generally in a much higher tax bracket and their Roth accounts have grown significantly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Catalytic converters need rare elements like palladium and platinum, precious metals more at home in a jewelry box than in a car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Technologies such as catalytic converters and particulate filters can help reduce these emissions, but they also increase the cost and complexity of engines.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
An online metronome, guitar tuner, blank sheet music, music theory lessons, and music converters are all available at 8notes.com.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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