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con⋅vert⋅er

  [kuhn-vur-ter]
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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.
3. Metallurgy. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast of air is forced, as in making steel by the Bessemer process.
4. Television. decoder (def. 5).
5. Radio and Television. an auxiliary device that permits a receiver to pick up frequencies or channels for which it was not originally designed.
6. Physics. a reactor for converting one kind of fuel into another kind.
7. a person who is engaged in converting textile fabrics, esp. cotton cloths, from the raw state into the finished product ready for the market by bleaching, dyeing, etc.
8. 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 between the lens and the camera body to produce a telephoto effect (teleconverter or extender).
Also, con⋅ver⋅tor.

Origin:
1525–35; convert + -er 1
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con·vert·er also con·ver·tor   (kən-vûr'tər)   
n.  
  1. One that converts, especially:
    1. A furnace in which pig iron is converted into steel by the Bessemer process.
    2. A machine that converts electric current from one kind to another.
    3. An electronic device that converts one frequency of a radio signal to another.
    4. A device that converts data from one code to another.
  2. One that is employed in converting raw products into finished products.
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Converter

Con*vert"er\, n. 1. One who converts; one who makes converts.

2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : converter
Spanish: convertir, transformar,
German: umwandeln,
Japanese: 変える
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converter   (kən-vûr'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. 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. Compare rectifier, transformer.
  2. An electronic device that changes the frequency of a radio or other electromagnetic signal.

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