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noun
1.
a person or thing that converts.
2.
Electricity. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa. Compare inverter, synchronous converter.
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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 (def. 5).
5.
EXPANDRadio 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.
7.
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.
8.
COLLAPSEAlso 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 between the lens and the camera body to produce a telephoto effect (teleconverter or extender).
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World English Dictionary
| converter or convertor (kənˈvɜːtə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that converts |
| 2. | physics |
| a. a device for converting alternating current to direct current or vice versa | |
| b. a device for converting a signal from one frequency to another or from analogue to digital forms | |
| 3. | Bessemer converter See also L-D converter a vessel in which molten metal is refined, using a blast of air or oxygen |
| 4. | short for converter reactor |
| 5. | computing a device for converting one form of coded information to another, such as an analogue-to-digital converter |
| convertor or convertor | |
| —n | |
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